During a press conference earlier this month, Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear stood firm behind the power of his executive order he issued seeking to limit the impacts of data centers eyeing Kentucky. “The executive order is fully enforceable, and if you don’t believe it, watch me,” Beshear told reporters. “Watch what happens as we […]
Republican Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is appointing the former CEO of electric utility East Kentucky Power Cooperative and a CEO of a barge company, both with coal industry ties, to a commission that the state legislature is looking to for advice on energy policy. In a Friday release, Coleman said he was appointing “two […]
Members of the public and a coalition of advocacy groups want NorthWestern Energy’s long-term plan for power to include more renewable energy and account for data centers’ impacts on their pocketbooks. They also want the utility’s Integrated Resource Plan, a projection of how it will meet energy needs the next 20 years, to address climate […]
Montana-Dakota Utilities has begun making its case for a 14.5% rate increase while separately moving forward on a data center project. The company needs approval from the North Dakota Public Service Commission, which briefly discussed the rate case Monday. The commission will first take up an interim rate increase while the PSC considers the case. […]
Democratic candidates for North Dakota Public Service Commission say recent statements by a PSC attorney about pipeline safety point to larger problems in state government. PSC attorney Zachary Pelham told a judge that the agency can’t consider public safety when evaluating the route of an interstate hazardous liquid pipeline in North Dakota. John Pederson and […]
North Dakota utility regulators provided adequate notice to local governments and landowners before making a key decision on a high-voltage power line, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The court also ruled that the Public Service Commission was justified in denying an attempt by landowners and local officials to intervene in the power line case […]
