North Dakota electric cooperative lineworkers participate in hotline school at the Lineworker Training Center in Mandan in May 2025. The essential training prepares apprenticeship and journeyman lineworkers to safely work on energized power lines. Photo provided by NDAREC.
Desire to add large loads comes up against cost inflation, renewables buildoutAs an energy exporter blessed with abundant supply, North Dakota consistently ranks among the cheapest states in the country when it comes to residential, commercial and industrial electricity rates.Exploding costs of transmission, the buildout and replacement of transmission infrastructure and ...