Burgum welcomes $700M to boost regional power grid capacity, reliability with North Plains Connector
6 Aug 2024
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum today welcomed the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement that it has awarded Montana up to $700 million to enhance power grid capacity and reliability in Montana and North Dakota.
The funds from the DOE’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program will support development of the North Plains Connector, an estimated $3.6 billion project that will construct a 3,000-megawatt High-Voltage Direct Current Voltage Source Converter (HVDC-VSC) transmission line from Center, N.D., to Colstrip, Mont.
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