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On January 30, 2012, the WER reported that North Dakota Public Service Commission Chairman, Tony Clark, is also currently serving as of the Chairman for the North Dakota Republican Party.  However, Chairman Clark resigned as Chairman for the state Republican Party in November 2010 prior to being elected to lead the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.  A link to the corrected article is available here.

On January 24, 2012, President Obama proposed several new initiatives to develop American-made energy in his State of the Union address. [Read more →]

On December 12, 2011 and December 30, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) issued orders allowing developers to recover abandonment costs related  for abandoned transmission projects.  [Read more →]

On November 29, 2011, the National Journal Daily reported that the Edison Electric Institute (“EEI”) is seeking a national security exemption in order to provide more time to comply with the upcoming implementation of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule (“MATS”). [Read more →]

On October 27, 2011, the Commission held a Technical Conference on last September’s Revised Policy Statement on Penalty Guidelines.   Overall, various members from the Energy industry provided feedback to the Commission, and the industry representatives repeatedly asked for: (1) increased transparency, (2) more communication, (3) more detail on what exactly comprises an effective compliance program, and (4) what determines a penalty amount.  [Read more →]