(Bismarck, ND) — North Dakota is challenging a long-range transmission project proposal by Midcontinent Independent System Operator. The 22-billion-dollar projects include over three-thousand miles of power lines being installed to reduce power loss over long distances and lower energy costs. North Dakota and other states argue that the benefits of the “Tranche two-point-one” projects are exaggerated. North Dakota, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Montana will now wait for a verdict from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding t
