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Utilities, cooperatives prompted to boost capacity

May 16, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK Ample supplies of natural gas, and sharp increases in demand for electricity in North Dakota’s Oil Patch, have prompted utilities and cooperatives to boost capacity. Continue Reading

Otter Tail seeks rate boost for plant upgrade

April 10, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) Otter Tail Power Co. has asked South Dakota regulators for a rate increase to help pay for a $490 million environmental upgrade at the Big Stone Power plant on the South Dakota-Minnesota border. Continue Reading

Dickinson businesses evacuated when natural gas line damaged

April 3, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

At least three businesses north of Dickinson were evacuated after a natural gas line was damaged Tuesday morning, said Andy Paulson, Dickinson Rural Fire chief. Continue Reading

North Dakota utilities looking increasingly at natural gas as power source

January 9, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. is proposing construction of an 88-megawatt gas turbine near its Heskett power station north of Mandan. The Heskett plant uses coal to make electricity. North Dakota’s Public Service Commission is holding a hearing Tuesday on the project. Continue Reading

Pheasant the cause of Dickinson power outage

November 8, 2011 in The Dickinson Press

North Dakota’s most popular game bird is to blame for a Tuesday morning incident that left about 7,700 Dickinson Montana-Dakota Utilities customers without power.
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Montana-Dakota Utilities says rate increase justified

November 7, 2010 in Grand Forks Herald

The Public Service Commission’s advocacy staff says MDU actually should give North Dakota customers a $3 million rate decrease.
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MDU, Otter Tail ratepayers get electric cost alert

July 30, 2010 in Grand Forks Herald

North Dakota customers of Otter Tail Power and Montana-Dakota Utilities will be getting an explanation soon about a rise in their monthly electric bills.
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ND PSC approves plan to have ND consumers pay higher bills for defunct power plant

June 25, 2010 in INFORUM

BISMARCK (AP) North Dakota regulators say electric ratepayers will foot part of the development bill for a power plant that was never built.
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