PUC May Rule On Route Application For Pipeline Today

Dakota Access LLCThe South Dakota Public Utilities Commission may make a decision Monday on the route application for the Dakota Access pipeline.  Energy Transfer Partners has applied for a route from the northeast near Aberdeen, to the south east near Sioux Falls.  PUC Chair Chris Nelson says state law lays out the process for them…

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The pipeline would carry crude oil from the Bakken field in North Dakota to refineries in Illinois.
Nelson says they have only a few options in dealing with the application…

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Nelson says while they have a mountain of information from the hearings, they may have some final questions…

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The hearing will be Monday afternoon at the state Capitol building in Pierre.