The Kansas State Corporation Commission on Dec. 6 extended the date for Clean Line Energy Partners LLC to begin construction of its multi-state Grain Belt Express transmission line to Dec. 2, 2019 to allow the agency to rule on Invenergy Transmission LLC’s anticipated application to buy the project. The commission granted a siting permit on Nov.…
The Bureau of Land Management’s quarterly oil and gas lease sale in Utah generated net proceeds of $3.04 million drawing bids for 96 of 105 parcels offered, according to a Dec. 12 press release. The sale excluded 116 parcels following a court ruling in September by the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho…
Avista Corporation and Hydro One Limited on Dec. 7 filed a brief with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission explaining that their proposed merger is not affected by a 1951 code that bars certain governmental agencies and entities not regulated by the commission from acquiring electricity generation assets in Idaho. The brief comes in response to…