#North Dakota

A man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for damaging energy facilities in the Dakotas.

Basin Electric Power Cooperative energized a transmission line in western North Dakota in December.

The line will be the USA’s first HVDC transmission connection among three regional US electric energy markets.

A 230 kV transmission line from the Neset substation close to Tioga to the Northshore substation near Ross, North Dakota has been recently energised.

USA: A $20 M transmission line is helping improve access to reliable electricity in Minot, at the airbase, and in rural areas of North Dakota.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has received an order worth around $130 million from a U.S. electric cooperative Great River Energy to upgrade an existing ± 400 kV high-voltage direct current (HVDC) connection between Underwood, North Dakota and Buffalo, Minnesota in the U.S.

USA, North Dakota: Minot-based Central Power Electric Cooperative has been awarded a $46 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development that will help finance the improvement of the energy infrastructure in North Dakota.