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NTSB: Plane aborted landing, hit utility pole

A small private jet carrying a surgeon and members of his clinic staff aborted its landing at a Georgia airport before it hit a 60-foot utility pole and crashed in a flaming wreck, killing five people onboard and injuring two, federal authorities said Thursday.

February 22, 2013

MDU gets N.D. electric rate rise

BISMARCK — Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.’s residential customers will see their monthly electric bills rise by $4 or more after North Dakota’s Public Service Commission granted the utility a temporary 7.9 percent rate increase.

By By Dale Wetzel, The Associated Press , June 17, 2010

Paying for Big Stone II: MDU and Otter Tail Power want customers to absorb costs for abandoned project

North Dakota electric customers may have to pay $14.5 million over three years to cover two utilities’ development costs for an abandoned power plant project, regulatory filings show. The proposals, which North Dakota’s Public Service Commission will consider next week, will cost Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. residential customers about $19 annually, the filings say. Otter Tail Power Co. customers will pay almost $7.50 more each year.

By By Dale Wetzel, The Associated Press , April 27, 2010

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Work to restore power continues

North Dakota utilities continue working to restore power to customers who lost electricity after last weekend’s snow storm that knocked down power lines. The state Department of Homeland Security said about 3,600 utility customers remained without power Monday afternoon, primarily in south central North Dakota.

April 06, 2010

Thousands still without power in N.D.

Thousands of North Dakota residents were without power Sunday after a storm brought down miles of transmission lines, and utility officials say it could be a week or more before service is restored. State officials estimated 8,400 customers lost power at some point during the storm that buffeted the region Thursday and Friday. Some utilities continue to work to repair lines and poles.

April 05, 2010

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Regulators approve construction

North Dakota regulators have approved Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s plans to build a power transmission line in the northwestern part of the state.

February 11, 2010

Water, power outages remain on reservation

A spokeswoman for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota says power and water outages caused by an ice storm late last month are no longer considered a crisis but that the tribe is still in an “immediate response” mode, trying to get help to people who need it.

By The Associated Press , February 02, 2010

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Parts of Jamestown lose power Sunday

A power outage was reported Sunday evening in southwest Jamestown, according to Otter Tail Power Company.

By Sun Staff , February 01, 2010

Crews struggle with blocked roads

Dakota Valley crews struggled with blocked roads and tough working conditions over the weekend and through Tuesday, to restore power to members in the western portion of its service area. The main affected areas included Forbes, Edgeley, Kulm, Jud and Gackle with scattered outages in Sargent and Richland County.

January 28, 2010

Storm leaves many without power

A barrage of rain, ice, sleet, snow and wind across the Dakotas has left thousands without power, some for up to five days. Rain-turned-ice froze on power lines causing outages beginning Thursday, and by Monday morning, high winds were snapping tree branches and downing lines.

By By Kristen M. Daum, Forum Communications Co. , January 26, 2010

Poor visibility hampers work to restore power in area

Sometime between 10 and 11 a.m. Monday, the wind hit a gust of 53 miles per hour at Jamestown, the National Weather Service reported. That was the peak gust on a day of strong wind that made digging out and repairing damage from a weekend storm that much more difficult. Jamestown and surrounding areas received about 4 inches of wet snow between Friday and Monday.

By Keith Norman , January 26, 2010

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Utility electric rate accord delayed

North Dakota regulators have delayed a decision on an Otter Tail Power Co. electric rate settlement so they can look more closely at a proposed economic development fund. Otter Tail wants a 3 percent rate increase as part of the settlement. It imposed a temporary 4.1 percent increase last January.

October 29, 2009

Xcel Energy: We'll improve N.D. billing

A consultant says Xcel Energy has been taking longer than it should to detect utility billing problems among some of its North Dakota customers.

August 27, 2009

Utilities plan changes to move lignite, wind power

Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark says it’s a deal that seems good for both companies. Minnesota Power’s planned wind center expansion at Center includes a deal to buy a transmission line to use for wind power instead of coal-fired power.

April 21, 2009

SUV strikes utility pole

Police are looking for the driver who left the scene of an accident Saturday. At 3:04 a.m. Saturday a 1997 blue GMC Yukon registered to Hilda Cruz, Carrizo springs, Texas, struck a utility pole in the alley between Eighth and Ninth Avenue Southeast in the 300 block. A witness told police he heard the crash and saw two unknown men walking around the SUV, then leaving the scene.

June 25, 2008