Carbon capture pipeline may get new North Dakota hearing in December

Utility regulators in North Dakota may hold a hearing no sooner than December to consider oral arguments about county ordinances that would restrict the placement of Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed carbon capture pipeline in that state. That conflicts with the Ames-based company’s request for the North Dakota Public Service Commission to overrule two county ordinances without soliciting new input from groups that oppose its project. The commission previously considered arguments about the ordinances in Burleigh and Emmons counties but did not issue a ruling about them when it denied Summit...