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February 21, 2017

An airplane flies over a drone during the Polar Bear Plunge on Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York January 1, 2015. REUTERS file photo

Xcel, FAA research using drones to inspect electric lines

GRAND FORKS — A regional electricity provider will work with the Federal Aviation Administration to help form policies for inspecting...

News February 21, 2017 - 2:32pm

December 22, 2016

In North Dakota, almost 20 percent of electricity generation comes from wind power. These turbines, near Edgeley, are among the state's 2,140-megawatt wind power capacity. New wind farms are in development to take advantage of tax credits that are being phased out. File photo.

Downsized N.D. wind farm approved on split vote

BISMARCK — The North Dakota Public Service Commission issued a permit that has downsized what had been planned as the largest wind farm...

News December 22, 2016 - 5:46pm

The decision means that Minnesota utilities may buy electricity produced in North Dakota plants, where they generate power with locally mined coal. Pixabay image.

Minnesota will not appeal North Dakota coal power suit

ST. PAUL—Minnesota will not appeal a federal court ruling that called unconstitutional a Minnesota law restricting importing electricity...

News August 22, 2016 - 4:58pm