Senator Julie Frye-Mueller (R-30/Rapid City) got suspended and censured for making unprofessional comments about sex and lactation to a Legislative Research Council employee. Can Senate…
Tag: Public Utilities Commission
As I type this morning’s blog posts, the noise level in my office is floating between around 50 decibels when I type and 35 decibels…
Fellow Democrats, liberals, and other sensible people regularly ask me what grounds for hope remain for good government in South Dakota. How about this: A…
On Thursday, Summit Carbon Solutions withdrew its motion that the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission preëmpt county ordinances that might restrict the company’s ability to…
The Iowa Republicans looking to cash in on Republican tax credits for carbon capture with the Summit Carbon Solutions carbon dioxide pipeline don’t want to…
In a remarkable turn of events, South Dakota state officials said no to big business. Yesterday, the Public Utilities Commission unanimously rejected Navigator CO2‘s application…
Public Utilities Commissioner Chris Nelson was dodgy during last year’s election about whether he would do anything to protect landowners from the eminent domain encroachment…
The Public Utilities Commission is holding hearings in Fort Pierre this week and likely next on the proposed Navigator Heartland Greenway carbon dioxide pipeline. Testifying…
Last month the Public Utilities Commission deemed the dealings of Banghart Properties, formerly Fearless Grain Marketing, sufficiently shady to justify denying the Gettysburg middleman company…
In May 2021, the Public Utilities Commission fined Jeremey Frost $20,000 for illegally purchasing grain without a license. Two years later, the PUC has denied…