Great Plains Energy Corridor
North Dakota is poised to play a vital role in reducing our dependence on foreign sources of energy, and Senator Dorgan has led the push to diversify our energy portfolio and to help achieve energy security.
Dorgan conceived of the Great Plains Energy Corridor to help expand development of the state's vast and diverse energy resources. Modeled after his successful Red River Valley Research Corridor, Dorgan believes that we can attract businesses and investment, while helping to achieve our national goal of energy security.
As chairman of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee and senior member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Dorgan has worked in Congress to help increase production of oil and natural gas in the western part of North Dakota, bringing increased economic activity and good-paying jobs to the region. He has also worked to help encourage ethanol and biodiesel plants as well as increased electricity production from wind. He is striving to make major investments in carbon capture and storage and beneficial use technologies to help decarbonize our vast coal resources. This expansion of North Dakota's energy portfolio has helped to spur North Dakota's overall economic growth.
