DOE/EIS-0568: Amended Notice of Intent (November 2025)

North Plains Connector Project; Multiple Locations

On October 25, 2024, the Grid Deployment Office (GDO), Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed North Plains Connector Project, Colstrip, Montana to Center/St. Anthony, North Dakota (DOE/EIS-0568). The previous NOI indicated that DOE did not have decision making authority related to the North Plains Connector Project.

This amended NOI clarifies that DOE does have a decision-making role with respect to the North Plains Connector Interregional Innovation (NPCII) conditional award pursuant to DOE’s Grid Resilience and Innovations Partnership (GRIP) Grant Program.

For more information, see North Plains Connector.