N. Dakota PSC: Commissioner Randy Christmann

Commissioner

“One of the issues I campaigned on was my background with coal reclamation and my desire to make sure we have something similar in place for wind farms. We have 4,000 MW of wind in North Dakota. Someday, those need to be cleaned up too.”

A Day at the North Dakota PSC

State Commissions

This small but mighty Commission handles a lot in this vast agricultural and ranching state. North Dakota PSC is also in charge of weights and measures, protecting consumers by making sure they get what they pay for. Commissioners in North Dakota are elected and spend a lot of time traveling to hearings held among constituents for the serious business of regulating in the public interest.

They're Accustomed to Being in the Front Lines

Industry Veterans

Thirty-five veterans in the new book “Front Lines to Power Lines” stand for the many thousands of vets in our industry. The book shines a light onto the unique qualities that vets bring with them, instinctively, qualities that are so very valuable to utility service.

Natural Gas and Electric Prices

The Labor Department released August data on producer prices on September 10.

Notably, the average price for the natural gas sold to electric power producers was fifty-two percent higher in August than in August of 2020.

The average price of natural gas sold to commercial and industrial customers was twenty-nine percent and forty-five percent higher in August than in August of 2020, respectively.

And the average price of electricity sold to commercial and industrial customers was four percent and five percent higher in August than in August of 2020, respectively.