Fargo, Grand Forks could pick up most of North Dakota s $50M natural gas bill from Texas freeze
The sole natural gas provider to both cities, the Xcel Energy subsidiary Northern States Power, has asked for approval on the recovery of close to $33 million of unforecast costs over four days of the February freeze. Regulators want another look at their numbers. Written By: Adam Willis | ×
Xcel Energy natural gas technicians Marshall Zutter (left) and Darren Erickson monitor natural gas flow at the regulation station Tuesday, Feb. 16, near the intersection of Wise Road and Highway 371 as the temperatures remained below zero. The technicians are on the scene to manually adjust gas pressure if needed down the line. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending April 2nd indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US rose by 20 billion cubic feet to 1,784 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 235 billion cubic feet, or 11.6% below the 2,019 billion cubic feet that were in storage on April 2nd of last year, and 36 billion cubic feet, or 1.3% below the five-year average of 1,808 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have been in storage as of the 2nd of April in recent years..the 20 billion cubic feet that were added to US natural gas storage this week was less than the average forecast of a 27 billion cubic foot addition from an S&P Global Platts survey of analysts, and was also less than the 30 billion cubic feet added to natural gas storage during the corresponding week of a year earlier, but was well more than the average addition of 8 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have typically been injected into nat
Council lends support to natural gas study
By Sue Sitter - | Apr 10, 2021
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Cody Chilson of Dakota Natural Gas gives a presentation to the Rugby City Council April 5.
The Rugby City Council gave its support at its April meeting to a plan by energy firm Dakota Natural Gas for a feasibility study to bring natural gas to the community.
Cody Chilson, the firm’s vice president of operations, and Greg Palmer, president of the firm, presented their proposal to the council at its regular meeting April 5 at city hall.
The energy firm comes under the umbrella of Greater Minnesota Synergy and, according to Chilson, formed after American Crystal Sugar and the city of Drayton requested natural gas service.
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