Solar permitting — Ward County, North Dakota
On file: public meetings.
Minot metro, third-largest city, Minot AFB economic anchor, some regulatory clarity. Permitting: CUP utility-scale; 300-ft setback. Political environment: Republican majority; community: neutral. Grid: MISO; utility: Otte…
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
CUP utility-scale; building permit residential
Setbacks & buffers
300 ft utility-scale
Spacing requirements
No spacing requirements codified
Size restrictions
No size restrictions codified
Penalties & bonding
No penalties or adjustments. Standard CUP/SUP process.
State-level permits & approvals
County zoning
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State policy & grid context
State RPS & clean energy policy
No binding RPS — voluntary 10% by 2015 | ND Century Code §49-02-28
State incentive programs
Property tax exemption; Federal ITC
Grid & interconnection
MISO / Otter Tail Power
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Battery storage (BESS) P1 State-Default Permitting
No confirmed county BESS ordinance.
BESS ordinances & bylaws
County-level battery-storage status, safety requirements, and projects — each linked to a primary source.
Community opposition P1
No organized opposition on record for this county yet — no petition, group, or oppositional coverage tracked. Read that as nothing found, not as nothing there: absence of records is not evidence of local support.
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Energy-related meetings & dockets P1
Halo color matches the energy category tagged on each meeting.
- 2026-09-15 OtherData Center
Discussion of data center project
- 2026-09-01 OtherData Center
Received correspondence regarding various matters, including a data center project.
- 2026-08-18 OtherData Center
Received correspondence regarding a data center project
- 2026-08-18 OtherData Center
Data Center Summit to be held at Tioga Community Center on September 14, 2026
- 2026-08-04 OtherTransmission
Basin Electric Power Cooperative presented an update on the proposed LOS-Burkely-Crane Creek 345-KV Transmission project.
- 2026-08-04 OtherTransmission
Basin Electric- Update on Proposed LOS-Burkely-Crane Creek 345-kV Transmission Project 6.
- 2026-07-21 OtherBESS
Ward County Land Zoning Ordinance was proposed for amendment with language related to Battery Energy Storage System
- 2026-07-07 OtherBESS
Ward County is considering amendments to its zoning ordinance for a battery energy storage system.
- 2026-07-07 OtherBESS
Ward County Land Zoning Ordinance was proposed for amendment with language related to Battery Energy Storage System
- 2026-06-16 OtherBESS
The Ward County Planning Commission voted to approve the Amendments to the Ward County Land Zoning Ordinance 2026-2 regarding Battery Energy Storage Systems
- 2026-06-02 OtherBESS
The Ward County Land Zoning Ordinance 2026-2 has been amended to include a Battery Energy Storage System.
- 2026-04-07 OtherBESS
The Ward County Planning Commission voted to approve a special-use permit application for a 150 MW solar farm.
- 2026-03-03 OtherTransmission
Approval of transmission line construction permits in flood hazard areas
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State PSC dockets P1
No tracked activity yet — coverage expands weekly.
Local news P3
No tracked activity yet — coverage expands weekly.
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