Whoever said “you can never have too much of a good thing” likely never faced a dilemma like the one we have with natural gas in North Dakota.

On one hand, we have communities that need natural gas to grow and support economic development but have no way of getting it.

On the other hand, natural gas production in western North Dakota continues to set records as the Bakken matures, with no large-scale pipeline to move this stranded asset from west to east.

Fortunately, a solution is within reach.

The North Dakota Industrial Commission recently took a crucial step toward bridging the natural gas gap between east and west.

We voted to begin contract discussions with WBI Energy Transmission for the state to purchase transport capacity on a proposed natural gas pipeline that would run from

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