By Amy Dalrymple | Editor
Summit Carbon Solutions representatives pictured at an event in Sioux Falls in January, 2025. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)
By Jacob Orledge and Jeff Beach
Summit Carbon Solutions is abandoning two-thirds of its planned project to store carbon dioxide underground in North Dakota.
The company, which had been granted permits to store CO2 in three designated areas in central North Dakota, has requested permits for two of the areas to be canceled.
“Summit #1 and Summit #2 have determined as a matter of business judgment that they will not proceed with development, construction, operation, or implementation of either proposed storage facility,” Summit said in a filing with the North Dakota Supreme Court.
Summit said in an email that its North Dakota pipeline route easements and storage rights are still valuable assets.
“Over time, we expect to further develop and utilize these assets as opportunities materialize,” the statement said.
The meeting room for a new legislative committee to study artificial intelligence and data centers was standing room only on July 15, 2026. More than 70 members of the public were in attendance. (Photo by Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor)
By Jeff Beach
People can share their opinions on data centers and artificial intelligence when a North Dakota legislative committee meets again Monday to address those topics.
The Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee meets at 9 a.m. Monday at the Capitol with an agenda that includes presentations by policy experts, the energy industry and state utility and pollution regulators. Public comment is scheduled for 11:15 a.m.
Wind turbines along west-bound Interstate 80 on March 29, 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
By Cami Koons
An analysis of renewable energy siting bills across the U.S. during 2026 legislative sessions found the majority of introduced bills were aimed at restricting renewable energy infrastructure, though most of the enacted bills were permissive to the industry.
Researchers who worked on the report with the Siting Solutions Project, a nonpartisan initiative focused on energy siting and permitting, said in a webinar last week they anticipate data center growth and continued concerns around energy affordability will make 2027 the “biggest year yet” for state bills related to energy siting.
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Monitor contributor Ceilidh Kern brings an update to the state’s plan to prohibit people from using food assistance to buy soda, candy and other unhealthy foods. The policy was set to take effect Tuesday, but is postponed until Nov. 1.
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