August 3, 2018 - Lignite Energy Council

Why the Lignite Energy Council supports the replacement of the Clean Power Plan

The Environmental Protection Administration is in the process of replacing the so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP), which was originally released in August 2015 by the EPA under President Obama. The EPA’s replacement rule is currently...

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New Members August 2018

The Lignite Energy Council would like to welcome our newest members and remind others that its best when we do business with an LEC member. Rotork is the market leading actuator manufacturer and flow control...

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Why the Lignite Energy Council supports the replacement of the Clean Power Plan

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Three coal counties among the top 10 for highest average wages in 2017

Slipping from first to second place, sparsely populated Oliver County saw average wages increase by 2.5 percent from $71,719 in 2016 to $73,522 in 2017, but it wasn’t enough to capture first place which went...

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Golf winners announced in CoalPAC tourney

More than 300 golfers played 18 holes of golf on Thursday, July 26, in the Lignite Energy Council’s annual CoalPAC golf tourney. This year, golfers played at one of three courses: Hawktree, Apple Creek and...

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Minnesota legislators tour North Dakota lignite facilities

By Joel Johnson Minnesota director of the Coalition for a Secure Energy Future Standing on a hill above reclaimed land at the Falkirk Mine in Underwood, a group of Minnesota legislators watched a young...

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Feasibility study looks at cleaning up CO2 stream from Great Plains Synfuels Plant

The study will help determine if carbon dioxide (CO2) from the Synfuels Plant can be cleaned up, creating more marketing options for this product. Basin Electric and Dakota Gas are supporting a Lignite Energy Council (LEC)-funded study by the Energy and...

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Lignite Energy Council partners on formation of youth advisory council

The Lignite Energy Council, North Dakota Petroleum Council, and North Dakota Farm Bureau are working together to form a youth advisory council. The groups have partnered in an effort to hear what students have to...

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Teachers from North Dakota and surrounding states attend 33rd annual lignite education seminar

More than 100 elementary and secondary teachers switched roles in mid-June, as they became the students at an educational seminar conducted by the Lignite Energy Council. The seminar, held June 11 – 14 at the...