Public Service Commissioners have approved a new decommissioning plan for the Tatanka Wind Farm in Dickey County.
The North Dakota PSC had earlier approved a plan for the turbines to be removed, using cranes. But Commissioner Randy Christmann says Tatanka has now proposed a lower-cost method by cutting them down.
The new plan would cost $9.5 million. The existing plan carried a $15.7 million price tag.
Christmann opposed making the change, partly because of concerns over costs – and he says the Commission wasn’t given a lot of information about this method.
But the other two commissioners voted for the change.
Commission chairman Julie Fedorchak says to deny this plan would discourage innovation.
Grand Forks Teacher up for North Dakota Teacher of the Year
(Emily Dawes. Photo provided) (KNOX) - North Dakota State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler celebrated four North Dakota educators who are finalists for North Dakota's 2026 Teacher of the Year award. They are: Emily Dawes, a first-grade teacher...
Jul 14, 2025
Highway Patrol Says Grand Forks Crash Claims One Life
(File image) (KNOX) - The highway patrol said that a 2017 Ford Edge was traveling eastbound on 12th Avenue North East when it left the roadway in the transition zone at the entrance to the Grand Forks Country Club and struck a fixed object. The 47 ye...
Jul 11, 2025
North Dakota Trooper of the Year a University of North Dakota Graduate
(Brandon Wade. Photo provided.) (KNOX) - North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) Trooper Brandon Wade was recently named the 2024 Trooper of the Year by the North Dakota Motor Carriers Association (NDMCA). Wade serves the NDHP as a MCSAP (Motor Carrier Sa...
Jul 11, 2025
Grand Forks Police Respond to Semi Roll Over
(Grand Forks Police Department image) (KNOX) - The Grand Forks Police Department were dispatched to South Columbia Road and Demers Avenue for a semi-truck that had rolled onto its side while exiting South Columbia Road. The semi-truck involved was a ...
Jul 11, 2025
FOLLOW US FOR INSTANT UPDATES!
Comments