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As an Iowan and a veteran, energy security is an important issue to me. I was able to attend the recent utility board meeting in Newton on the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and came away with a few thoughts.

While Iowa is fortunate to benefit from wind energy produced in our state, relying only on wind power — or over-relying on any single source — isn’t a safe investment in our energy future.

The state Public Utilities Commission will have meetings in four South Dakota communities next month regarding a proposed crude oil pipeline.

A company called Dakota Access, based in Houston, applied this week to the PUC for a permit to build and operate the 271.6-mile segment through eastern South Dakota.

The state Public Utilities Commission will hold meetings in four South Dakota communities next month regarding a proposed crude-oil pipeline.

A company called Dakota Access, based in Houston, Texas, applied this week to the PUC for a permit to build and operate the 271.6-miles segment through eastern South Dakota.

My name is Aaron Rediske and I am instructor for Iowa Laborers Training and Education Fund. I instruct pipeline construction workers throughout the state of Iowa. After attending last week’s informational hearing, and as a union construction worker, trainer and a member of the Laborers’ Union, I am confident that the Dakota Access Pipeline would be a great project, utilizing the many hours of training and years of experience I and my union brothers and sisters hold in pipeline construction. We undergo training specifically in safe, quality pipeline construction, and as local residents, we never cut corners, because we’re invested in the future of our community. I look forward to the opportunity to work on the Dakota Access Pipeline project.

Plans are progressing for a pipeline designed to carry crude oil from the Bakken oil fields to Illinois. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners is building the $3.7 billion Dakota Access Pipeline. Spokesperson Vicki Granado says the 1,100-mile route includes North and South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois.

She says they’re just finishing up land owner meetings in South Dakota to determine the route and the next step will be permitting.

My name is Scott Miles and I am a member of the Laborers International Union of North America and President of Local 353. I am writing to encourage everyone to recognize the importance of the opportunity Dakota Access Pipeline construction would provide for our communities. Instead of using public funding — our tax dollars — the construction and manufacturing of the privately-funded pipeline would invest in our economy and job market without being a drain on our public funds.

The pipeline construction would result in 4,000 new construction and manufacturing jobs and create a demand for $1 billion worth of other goods and services such as food, lodging, equipment and supplies, vehicles and more.

Representatives with Energy Transfer Partner’s (ETP) proposed 30-inch Dakota Access Pipeline project from the Williston Basin oil production region to the Patoka Petroleum Hub near Patoka, Illinois visited Primghar recently and Project Manager Jack Edwards, outside regulatory counsel Bret Dublinske, and Public Affairs advisor Craig Shoenfeld, explained the scope of the $3.7 billion project.

The trio met with two O’Brien County supervisors, Chairman Jim DeBoom and Tom Farnsworth, county auditor Barb Rohwer, local economic development executive director Kiana Johnson, and Planning Director Steve Hallgren with the Northwest Iowa Planning & Development Commission from Spencer.

A Texas company would spend $1.1 billion and $820 million in Iowa and South Dakota, respectively, to build a crude oil pipeline across the two states, according to a new analysis of the project.

Energy Transfer Partners has asked state regulators in four states for permission to construct a 1,134-mile pipeline to move 570,000 barrels of crude daily from the Bakken oil fields in western North Dakota to a major shipping depot in Patoka, Ill.

A Texas company would spend $1.1 billion and $820 million in Iowa and South Dakota, respectively, to build a crude oil pipeline across the two states, according to a new analysis of the project.

Energy Transfer Partners has asked state regulators in four states for permission to construct a 1,134-mile pipeline to move 570,000 barrels of crude daily from the Bakken oil fields in western North Dakota to a major shipping depot in Patoka, Ill.

A 343-mile pipeline that a Texas company has proposed building across Iowa would bring a $1.1 billion economic punch to the state during two years of construction, an analysis released exclusively Tuesday to The Des Moines Register shows.

Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners has proposed building a 1,134-mile underground pipeline across Iowa and three other states. The company seeks to carry up to 570,000 barrels of crude oil each day from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota to Patoka, Ill., where it can be redistributed across the country.