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Committee hears broad support for moving electric transmission siting to Public Service Commission
Summary
Representative Mike Brandenburg told the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee that House Bill 1258 would transfer siting authority for major electric transmission lines to the Public Service Commission to ensure uniform, statewide permitting for large projects.
Representative Mike Brandenburg opened the hearing on House Bill 1258, which would transfer sole authority for siting major electric transmission facilities to the North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC).
Brandenburg said the PSC has experience with regional grid planning and long‑range transmission coordination and argued state oversight would avoid what he described as unreasonable local setbacks or ordinances that can block large projects. “This bill would move this, to the Public Service Commission,” Brandenburg told the committee, adding the PSC can weigh statewide and regional benefits as well as local impacts.
Electric utilities and industry groups testified in support. Dennis Pathroff, a lobbyist for the…
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