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  1. 2022

    North Dakota PSC fines MDU over transmission-line construction

    Fine or penalty

    The North Dakota Public Service Commission fined MDU for building a transmission line without required siting approval. The order set a $50,000 fine, with $10,000 suspended; a separate $60,000 fine related to the line’s proximity to landowners was deleted.

    Company response

    • Remediation — MDU

      The utility later moved the line so it was more than 500 feet away from the landowners.

    Source excerpt

    • In the PSC’s order, MDU was fined $50,000, with $10,000 suspended. Another fine – for $60,000 -- for building it too close to landowners – was deleted.
    • The utility later moved the line so it was more than 500 feet away from the landowners.
    • Bismarck-based MDU has been fined $40,000 by the North Dakota Public Service Commission for construction of a 1.5 mile long, 230 kilovolt electric transmission line in Morton County without getting required approval for siting the line.
    Source

  2. 2021

    MDU fined over underground facility marking

    Fine or penalty

    MDU was fined $7,500, with $2,500 suspended, for violating the “Call Before You Dig” law after a natural gas line was damaged nearly nine feet from the marked location. A commissioner said MDU admitted the marking was improper.

    Source excerpt

    • But MDU’s two inch natural gas line was damaged, nearly 9 feet from the marked location.
    • Public Service Commissioner Brian Kroshus said MDU admitted the marking was improper.
    • MDU has been fined $7500, with $2500 suspended, for a violation of the “Call Before You Dig” law.
    Source