North Dakota panel will reconsider denying permit for Summit CO2 pipeline
North Dakota utility regulators will reconsider their denial of a siting permit for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota utility regulators in an unusual move granted a request to reconsider their denial of a key permit for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline. North Dakota's Public Service Commission in a 2-1 vote on Friday granted Summit Carbon Solutions' request for reconsider ation. Chairman Randy Christmann said the panel will set a hearing schedule and “clarify the issues to be considered." Reconsideration “only allows additional evidence for the company to try to persuade us that they are addressing the deficiencies,” he said. Denying Summit's request would have meant the company would have to reapply, with a monthslong process that would start all over again without any of the information in the current case, including lengthy testimony. Summit Executive Vice President Wade Boeshans told The Associated Press that the company apprec...