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Senate committee hears case to extend and increase funding for State Energy Research Center
Summary
Testimony highlighted the State Energy Research Center’s early‑stage research, commercialization pipeline and outreach programs; the bill would extend the SERC sunset and increase biennial funding from $7.5 million to $10 million to support innovative energy R&D in North Dakota.
Senate Bill 2143 seeks to extend and increase funding for the State Energy Research Center (SERC) at the Energy & Environmental Research Center, a program that supports early‑stage energy research aimed at advancing innovations toward commercialization.
Tom Erickson, director of State Energy Research Center activities at the EERC, told the committee SERC has supported more than 60 projects since its creation, helped secure roughly $33 million in additional external funding and…
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