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N.D. regulators to reconsider CO2 pipeline permits

By Dan Haugen

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PIPELINES: North Dakota regulators will hold a series of hearings starting Monday to reconsider their decision denying permits for Summit Carbon Solutions’ planned five-state carbon dioxide pipeline. (North Dakota Monitor)

ALSO:

  • A pipe manufacturer sues Summit for more than $15 million over delays in their purchase agreement to supply hundreds of miles of pipe for the project. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
  • A major CO2 pipeline leak this month in Louisiana that took more than two hours to fix should raise ​“alarm bells” about the country’s readiness to expand the carbon capture industry, advocates say. (Guardian)

OHIO: The death of Ohio’s former top utility regulator stokes a growing sense of urgency among plaintiffs and prosecutors to gather evidence and testimony in HB6 corruption cases before it’s lost to time. (Energy News Network)

SOLAR:

  • A community group seeking to redevelop a former retail warehouse in south Minneapolis wins a $100,000 federal grant to help install a large rooftop solar array on the property. (Sahan Journal)
  • A University of Michigan study finds that climate change will increase the value of residential rooftop solar panels by 19% by the end of the century as cooling and other power demands rise. (news release)

OVERSIGHT:

  • Attorneys general for seven Midwest states are among those asking the U.S. EPA to stop taking race into account when regulating pollution. (Floodlight)
  • Michigan activists continue to collect signatures for a ballot initiative that aims to return control of zoning and permitting for wind and solar projects to local governments. (WNEM)

UTILITIES: A report finds Wisconsin’s WEC Energy Group is among the utilities well positioned to benefit from building out generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure as data centers drive up power demand. (S&P Global)

EMISSIONS: Ohio U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is among three Democrats who joined Republicans in an unsuccessful attempt to overturn the Biden administration’s new tailpipe emissions rule. (E&E News, subscription)

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