Friday, September 19, 2025

Alison Ritter's Quick Connects -- September 19, 2025

Locator: 49161B.

NDPC message : There is plenty of future opportunity in the Bakken -- KFYR - TV
The Bakken's next bold boom: Merging AI and energy -- McKenzie County Farmer
Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV now fully operational -- McKenzie County Farmer
BLM announces $38M in oil and gas revenue across North Dakota and Montana -- KX News
Lawmakers agree action may be needed to ensure royalty owners get fair shake -- North Dakota Monitor
Summit petitions Iowa regulators to remove Dakotas requirement from permit -- Iowa Capital Dispatch
Bill to streamline cross-border energy projects gains approval in the U.S. House -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak
Xcel Energy proposes 19% electricity rate hike in North Dakota, biggest request in years -- Dickinson Press
Oilfield spill leaks 840K gallons of oil and brine mixture, contaminating ag land -- North Dakota Monitor
Trump approves federal funds to help pay for cleanup of deadly June storms in North Dakota -- InForum
Dustin McNally to fill Grand Forks' District 42 House seat vacated by Emily O'Brien -- Grand Forks Herald
More federal assistance available for North Dakota ranchers hit by 2024 wildfires -- Bismarck Tribune
2025 sets record for most tornadoes in North Dakota in one year; 58 confirmed and counting -- KFYR - TV
North Dakota joins call for US Supreme Court to hear ranchers eminent domain case -- Bismarck Tribune
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library launches virtual programming series -- North Dakota Monitor
City Commission reduces deficit, conducts final budget review before public hearing -- Williston Herald
Police staffing, economic development debate highlight marathon budget talk in Minot -- KFYR - TV
September's record breaking tornado outbreak causes damage across Sheridan County -- KX News
Dickinson Area Public Library celebrates expansion with groundbreaking ceremony -- Dickinson Press
Otter Tail Power Company receives Edison Electric Institute Emergency Response Award -- Hazen Star
North Dakota DPI releases first updated tribal textbook, with more on the way -- North Dakota Monitor
Minot Public School Board approve financial report and discuss dip in enrollment -- Minot Daily News
North Valley CTE students 'think like a prairie' with hands-on art experience -- Dickinson Press
Tioga School Board holds budget hearing, sets policy, hears construction updates -- Williston Herald
Beulah Public Schools welcome Minot natives Rebecca Nord and Nyssa Stroschein -- The Beacon
Property tax cap won't affect Divide's '25-26 school budget; district already at max for levy -- The Journal
Watford City Schools are 'off and running' with approximately 100 new students -- McKenzie County Farmer
BLM advances environmental assessments for challenged oil and gas leases in seven states -- BLM
California lawmakers pass bill to boost oil production and make supply more affordable -- Reuters
Plains All American's Permian crude pipelines in Texas facing oil quality issues, sources say -- Reuters
US electricity consumption is rising so rapidly that coal usage could increase dramatically -- Mining MX
Growth of AI creates new markets for North Dakota natural gas, governor says -- North Dakota Monitor
Trump launches effort to speed up development of power grid projects as AI boosts demand -- Reuters
Artificial intelligence is booming -- and America's power grid is struggling to keep up -- RealClearEnergy
Justice Dept. moves to block Vermont's Climate Superfund Act targeting energy companies -- Townhall
Coal prices rebound as China boosts imports; more than 25 million tons per month -- Oilprice.com
Chevron says lawyers manipulated "independent" climate attribution studies -- Energy in Depth Climate
National Academies of Science slammed for defending Obama CO2 endangerment finding -- Daily Caller
High-risk properties, not "climate disasters," are the reason for higher insurance rates -- Climate Realism
Lomborg: Environmental doomsday predictions collapse as world becomes richer and greener -- NY Post
Meteorologist debunks "attribution" study blaming oil companies for U.S. heat waves -- Climate Realism
CO2's many benefits show that climate alarmism is more superstition than science -- American Thinker