North Dakota's Top Elected Leaders Approve Policy That Will Hurt Private Sector

Yesterday, the North Dakota State Industrial Commission (comprised of Governor Jack Dalrymple, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goering) took steps to allow the Western Area Water Supply Authority (a state-created, state-financed, and state-regulated entity) to undercut their private sector competition.

For years, lawmakers have been told - "don't worry, WAWS has to charge 84 cents per barrel of water for fracking to simply pay its loans."