The North Dakota Public Service Commission announced two formal hearings and the date of its next regular meeting at the close of its regular session.
A formal hearing on Badger Wind’s siting application (case PUD‑24‑87) is scheduled for Thursday, July 24 at 8:30 a.m. in the commission chamber. The application seeks an exception to light‑mitigation requirements contained in a prior order establishing the development; the transcript notes this is a formal hearing docket.
Separately, a formal hearing on the One Oaks 6‑inch natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline project (case PUD‑25‑172) is set for Wednesday, July 30 at 9 a.m. in Tioga at Nesbit Consulting Services, 6844 State Highway 40. The transcript indicates this docket will be administered by a substantive administrative law judge; commissioners will not attend the Tioga hearing.
The commission also announced its next regular meeting for Thursday, Aug. 7 at 10 a.m. and recessed for a brief press conference after the announcements.
Why this matters: formal hearings provide the record for siting exceptions and pipeline siting decisions and give parties and citizens the opportunity to present testimony and evidence under the administrative hearing process.
Ending: participants and stakeholders were directed to the case numbers in the commission announcements for filing and attendance information; the commission recessed to take media questions following the announcements.