PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND Today's Ask Your Government
Dear readers, Here is the third installment of asking state officials about their vacation time. (If you missed the others, see installment 1 here and installment 2 here.) As I reported earlier, ele...
Posted on 10/29/11 at 8:23 PM
Gene Wirtz, Underwood, N.D., letter: PSC OKs end-run around land-use law 
If our state has a good coal reclamation law but won’t enforce it, what are the prospects for farmers to make a living by farming and ranching after oil’s brief one-time harvest?
By Gene Wirtz , April 19, 2012
David Rydell, Bismarck, letter: Contributions taint commissioners’ decisions
Money talks, and with a combined $16,600 donated to Kevin Cramer and Brian Kalk, you can bet this hurt their ability to judge just whose interests they are serving.
By David Rydell , April 16, 2012
N.D. PSC candidate says he'll refuse industry money
Brad Crabtree said Wednesday he'll refuse donations from political action committees representing utilities, telephone and coal mining companies, and other interests the commission regulates.
By Associated Press , April 11, 2012
Joe Richardson, Fargo, letter: Concentration of power sets N.D. PSC apart
The Public Service Commission is in a position of reviewing and approving or disapproving commercial projects where the applicant has hundreds of millions of dollars at stake.
And there are just three commissioners.
By Joe Richardson , April 11, 2012
Michael Connor, Starkweather, N.D., letter: North Dakota takes a turn for the worse
Public Service Commission members accepting 'campaign contributions' from companies they are regulating, and people who throw their 'trucker bombs' where ever they want -- makes one wonder what direction North Dakota is heading in, doesn’t it?
By Michael Connor , April 02, 2012
Vicki Voldal Rosenau, Valley City, N.D., letter: Foxes guard the henhouse at N.D. PSC
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act prohibits financial contributions to PSC regulators by coal companies under their administrative jurisdiction. There’s no wiggle room. That makes accepting such money illegal, not 'frivolous.'
By Vicki Voldal Rosenau , March 31, 2012
Two N.D. organizations threaten lawsuit against two Public Service Commissioners
Two North Dakota organizations are threatening to sue if Public Service Commissioners Kevin Cramer and Brian Kalk don’t remove themselves from making decisions about the South Heart Coal mining permit application.
By Teri Finneman , March 27, 2012
Crabtree announces bid for N.D. Public Service Commission
Brad Crabtree, the policy director for the Great Plains Institute who also ranches sheep and cattle near Ashley, N.D., scheduled news conferences in Bismarck, Fargo and Grand Forks today. He is the first Democrat to announce a PSC campaign.
By Associated Press , March 12, 2012
N.D. regulators move to declare Mentor's Anderson Seeds insolvent, control N.D. assets
North Dakota regulators filed court documents today to take over a sunflower seed company that may owe farmers in North Dakota and South Dakota more than $4 million.
By Dale Wetzel , March 01, 2012
North Dakota’s Clark nominated for federal regulatory board
PSC commissioner to join Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionPresident Barack Obama on Monday nominated North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark for an opening on a federal regulatory board that oversees natural gas pipelines, electric transmission lines and the reliability of the nation’s power grid.
By Dale Wetzel , January 23, 2012
N.D. Public Service Commission's Clark may get federal job
Public Service Commission Chairman Tony Clark, who is leaving office at year's end, end, is being considered for a spot on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a spokesman for North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven said.
By Dale Wetzel , January 08, 2012
N.D. PSC will seek $3.9 million to reclaim coal mines in western part of state
The mines south of Columbus in Burke County and north of Beulah in Mercer County went out of business decades ago, before state and federal laws required them to be reclaimed for farming and ranching use. Under the Burke County project, new vegetation would be planted on about 350 acres of mined land and about 1.3 miles of "high walls," created when the mine's open pits were dug, would be leveled.
By Dale Wetzel , January 04, 2012
Regulators want to streamline N.D. wind projects
This year, the Legislature told the state Public Service Commission to review site locations for wind projects that generate more than one-half of a megawatt of electricity. Before, regulators had to handle anything above 60 megawatts.
By Associated Press , December 31, 2011
Fargo legislator Thoreson announces bid for N.D. PSC
State Rep. Blair Thoreson, R-Fargo, announced today he will run for the North Dakota Public Service Commission seat being vacated by Commissioner Tony Clark, who isn’t seeking re-election.
By Forum Communications , December 20, 2011
Christmann says he's running for N.D. PSC seat
Randy Christmann, the North Dakota Senate's assistant Republican majority leader, is the first declared candidate for the commission seat being left open by the departure of incumbent Republican Tony Clark next year.
By Associated Press , December 15, 2011
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