The state Public Utilities Commission set new dates Thursday for taking testimony whether TransCanada can still meet the conditions set five years ago for building the proposed Keystone XL pipeline through South Dakota.
The evidentiary hearing will be July 27-31 with Aug. 3-4 if needed. The hearing had been scheduled for May 5-8 until the commission decided to push it back.
State law requires the certification hearing because TransCanada wasn’t able to proceed on the project within four years after the state permit was granted in 2010.
The company is waiting for clearance from President Barrack Obama’s administration for the pipeline to cross the Canada-U.S. border.
The commission listened to the sides argue for some 90 minutes Thursday about the protective order that had been granted earlier to TransCanada.
The order allows TransCanada to keep information out of the pubic domain but be available to lawyers and consultants working on the case.
The interveners opposing the pipeline’s construction wanted the commission to scrap the protective order
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