Public Utilities Commission Sets November 15th As “Definitive” Date For Decision In CO2 Pipeline Project

Public Utilities Commission Sets November 15th As “Definitive” Date For Decision In CO2 Pipeline Project

PIERRE — The schedule for procedures in an application docket for a carbon dioxide transport pipeline in South Dakota continues to be a moving target. Summit Carbon Solutions was again before the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission asking regulators to reconsider an already approved schedule and to get firm date to get a decision on the project. Pierre lawyer Brett Koenecke represents Summit…

Brian Jorde, a Nebraska lawyer representing dozens of landowners opposed to the pipeline says changing the date should be a non issue…

The Commission denied Summit’s request to reconsider the schedule but Commissioner Chris Nelson thought giving Summit a firm date on when the P-U-C would decide on the application was appropriate…

The Commission did set November 15th as a definitive date for a final decision and order on the Summit pipeline project.