May 2, 2018 - Lignite Energy Council

Scholarships Awarded

The Lignite Energy Council recently provided scholarships to seven students. One of them received the $1,000 Burgess Scholarship that is awarded through the North Dakota Community Foundation (NDCF). This scholarship was set up to honor...

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Three ways to donate to the Lignite Energy Foundation

Three ways to donate to the Lignite Energy Foundation In the last few years, the Lignite Energy Council established the Lignite Energy Foundation, a 501 c3 nonprofit, to raise funds to support education and scholarship...

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Summer golfing, motorcycle and shooting events

All of the Lignite Energy Council members are invited to participate in the summer events. Three of them – the ones held in North Dakota – benefit the Lignite Energy Council’s Political Action Committee in...

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Progress is being made at the federal level

The tone was set early in 2018 at the State of the Union address when President Donald Trump proclaimed that “we have ended the war on American energy and we have ended the war on...

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Minnesota Legislative Update: Tone Has Improved, but 2018 Legislative Session Still Has Big Tasks to Complete

The big question heading into the 2018 Legislative Session was whether everyone could at least get along. It was a serious question after the 2017 Legislative Session ended with Governor Mark Dayton and the Republican...

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Lignite Research Council to hear two R&D proposals

Lignite Research Council to hear two R&D proposals Two innovative lignite research projects will be considered at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15th a review board comprised of representatives from industry and government organizations. The...

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LEC and CSEF partner with Cass Electric to promote electric vehicles

In April, the Lignite Energy Council, Coalition for a Secure Energy Future, and Cass County Electric Cooperative (CCEC) officially cut the ribbon on a first of its kind partnership on construction of level two electric...

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New members of the Lignite Energy Council

The LEC would like to welcome several new members. Some of them attended the annual meeting. U.S. Water gets to the root cause of problems to eliminate them at their source by utilizing an integrated...