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FARGO, ND The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink.
The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such outages dramatically worse.
Customers in North Dakota state experienced 1.78 hours without power in 2019 2.92 fewer hours than the national average of 4.7 hours in 2019, which is the most recent information available, according to the EIA.
BISMARCK, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The state finals of the LifeSmarts competition will be held in Bismarck tomorrow, Wednesday February 3, 2021, announced Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem.
The competition will be held in the Heritage Center Auditorium on the state Capitol grounds, beginning at 9:00 AM. This year, to comply with social distancing requirements, only eight teams will be competing, one team from each of the following high schools: Jamestown, Flasher, Burke Central, Tioga, Bottineau, Fessenden-Bowdon, Litchville-Marion, and new this year: Nedrose High School.
The LifeSmarts competition tests students on their general knowledge in five subjects: personal finance, health and safety, the environment, technology, and consumer rights and responsibilities. Each team will be guaranteed to compete in at least two rounds and the undefeated teams will advance to the championship round. The winning team will go on to represent the state in the national finals, which will be held
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The state finals of the LifeSmarts competition will be held in Bismarck tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 3, announced Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem.
The competition will be held in the Heritage Center Auditorium on the state Capitol grounds, beginning at 9 a.m. This year, to comply with social distancing requirements, only eight teams will be competing, one team from each of the following high schools: Jamestown, Flasher, Burke Central, Tioga, Bottineau, Fessenden-Bowdon, Litchville-Marion and Nedrose High School.
The LifeSmarts competition tests students on their general knowledge in five subjects: personal finance, health and safety, the environment, technology and consumer rights and responsibilities. Each team will be guaranteed to compete in at least two rounds and the undefeated teams will advance to the championship round. The winning team will go on to represent the state in the national finals, which will be held virtu