Bismarck (CSi) During a phone call Tuesday with the administrator of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), Gov. Doug Burgum urged the agency to give North Dakota utilities and their customers as much advance warning as possible before...
February 16, 2021 6:21 pm / no comments
Fergus Falls, MN (OTPC) Ongoing cold temperatures in our region and throughout the nation are causing high demand for electricity. Some electric utility customers are experiencing rolling outages as a result. Otter Tail Power Company, serving...
February 16, 2021 6:10 pm / no comments
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session, Tuesday evening virtually via the Zoom platform.
All members were present.
Discussion was held on the Valley City Mask Plan. Mayor Carlsrud said, the commission had...
February 16, 2021 5:57 pm / no comments
Sioux Falls, SD (MRES) – Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) was notified that the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) declared an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 3 on February 16th at 6:15 a.m. The emergency alert means that electric generation...
February 16, 2021 3:26 pm / no comments
(Facebook) Northern Plains Electric Co-op experienced several substation outages throughout the service territory Feb 16 due to required load shedding from one of our power suppliers.
The regional transmission operator Southwest Power Pool...
February 16, 2021 3:19 pm / no comments
Bismarck (CSi) – Gov. Doug Burgum issued the following statement Monday after Southwest Power Pool, whose 14-state electrical transmission area includes parts of North Dakota, declared an Energy Emergency Alert Level 3 and directed its member...
February 16, 2021 3:11 pm / no comments
Bismarck (ND Dept., Public Instruction) North Dakota State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said her new Superintendent’s Student Cabinet includes 21 students from across the state, from a third grader to two high school seniors.
The...
February 16, 2021 2:51 pm / no comments
Jamestown (CSi) Due to power grid interruptions nationwide, on Tuesday afternoon, Great Plains Housing Authority in Jamestown was without access to receive external email or have a web presence.
It was reported that as of Tuesdy afternoon,...
February 16, 2021 2:33 pm / no comments
Bismarck (ND Aeronautics Com) ND’s eight commercial service airports posted a total of 42,238 airline passenger boardings during the month of Jan. This is a 57% decline of the passengers that the state experienced during the same month...
February 16, 2021 11:47 am / no comments
Valley City (Chamber (2-16-21) Valley City Mayor, Dave Carlsrud has issued a new message to residents.”
“February has seemed like the month where we begin crawling out of winter. I have always felt once we hit February, we would...
February 16, 2021 9:30 am / no comments