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Scheduled outages at Dakota Gas and Laramie River Station play a crucial role in maintaining reliability and efficiency.
Strong relationships between Basin Electric, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Whetstone Valley Electric Cooperative provided the acquirement of a...
Instrumentation technicians at Leland Olds Station keep operations running smoothly with proactivity and diligence.
Basin Electric is committed to providing reliable and affordable electricity to its members for many years to come, so ensuring there is a...
A change to Basin Electric’s bylaws was approved at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Membership.
In addition to the reliability and affordable cost, Baumann says he’s been very happy with the degree of personal relationships and support his...
The warehouses at Basin Electric’s generation facilities play an important role for the facilities and for the entire Basin Electric membership.
Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV, a natural gas-fueled, dispatchable generation facility is an important component to Basin Electric’s...
As energy needs continue to grow in Basin Electric’s service area, so does the need for additional generation and transmission resources.
Basin Electric’s high-voltage transmission lines carry up to 345,000 volts of electricity.
Basin Electric’s strategic roadmap meets member needs, today and tomorrow.
Construction has begun on Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV (PGSIV), Basin Electric's newest generation project near the existing Pioneer...
The Laws of Physics say that at the very second electricity is being used, it must be generated somewhere. So, every time you turn on a light...
While the Tulip Festival doesn’t take place on co-op lines, the impact it has on its members is immeasurable, both financially and in terms of...
Basin Electric has made a responsible decision to put resources into figuring out how to capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2) to continue...
Between environmental controls and the work of the scrubber operator, dispatchable generation at plants like Laramie River Station are able to...
With Basin Electric’s most recent load forecast projecting growth over the next 10 years and the clean energy transition in full swing,...
On Dec. 30, Tom Christensen, Basin Electric senior vice president of Transmission, Engineering, and Construction, retired after nearly 40 years of...
At Basin Electric, the team of GIS specialists makes sure we're heading in the right direction to provide members with reliable electricity.
In recent years, the energy industry has been challenged by market price volatility. Because Basin Electric is dedicated to providing reliable,...
As new technology emerges it's critical to the lifespan of a substation to upgrade equipment before there's a problem. Basin Electric is on track...
Basin Electric is pursuing its largest single-site electric generation project since the 1980s.
At Basin Electric, sustainability is the commitment we make to our members to meet their needs while ensuring future generations will thrive.
Unlike other energy providers whose rates may only include energy, Basin Electric's rates include many other essential services that others charge...
In 2019, Basin Electric introduced a member-owned trial battery rate allocating up to 150 kilowatts (kW) per Class C member.
Montana Limestone Company is a relatively small operation that has a big impact on Basin Electric and its membership.
Plants like Laramie River Station have a direct impact on long-term power, and that's why scheduled outages and regular maintenance are so important.
A change to Basin Electric's bylaws was approved at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Membership on Nov. 9.
“We don’t just want to be a business that just happens to be located there, we want to develop partnerships and relationships with the people and...
The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) conducted an Integrated Transmission Planning study and in 2021 determined the need for extensive new transmission...
"Basically everything we do affects the membership. What's good for the membership is good for us."
This spring and summer, reports of energy shortfalls that could potentially lead to power interruptions were featured on numerous media outlets....
Basin Electric’s service area is prime real estate for data centers and cryptocurrency developers.
Today, agriculture and energy are more closely entwined than ever before.
Central Montana Electric’s distribution cooperatives serve some of the most rural areas in Montana.
Johnson says his goal is always to minimize the landed cost of a shipment, meaning what it costs to get a part or equipment to one of the facilities.
Johnson’s career with the cooperative began in 1982 when he crossed paths with a former college classmate who told him that she was a budget...
Basin Electric is embarking on an innovative project that will benefit the environment by sequestering and permanently storing carbon dioxide from...
The Touchstone Energy Cooperatives of Iowa sponsored a new contest to highlight their cooperative commitment to community.
Basin Electric announced in September a partnership with Dairyland Power Cooperative of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and ALLETE, of Duluth, Minnesota, to...
The team monitors changes in a variety of industries, including agriculture, ethanol, oil and gas, coal, housing, and more.
Some of Dave Raatz’s favorite work has had to do with negotiating power sale and purchase arrangements, resource planning, and member rate design.
Going forward, the team plans to continue looking for ways to increase efficiencies to save even more money.
Jerry Beck represents District 11 replacing retired director Charlie Gilbert.
While Paul Sukut’s time as CEO features several flashy milestones, the decades he spent previously at Basin Electric are what shaped his time...
For nearly 60 years, East River, a Basin Electric Class A member headquartered in Madison, South Dakota, has hosted an annual “mountain oyster”...
Dakota Growers, which is a member of Northern Plains Electric Cooperative, a Basin Electric Class C member headquartered in Carrington, sources its...
In addition to increased demand and high prices on DEF, urea and natural gas prices have been higher than normal as well.
Adam Malsom is one of six people that make up the Huron, South Dakota, Transmission System Maintenance (TSM) outpost.
Diane Paul, Basin Electric senior vice president of Human Resources is retiring after a 40-year career, and looks back on her time with the...
Not far from the buzz of the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, lies a cooperative that has created a haven for bees,...
A look back at some of the pivotal decisions that made Basin Electric the successful cooperative it is today.
Employees from Basin Electric’s Transmission System Maintenance (TSM) division stepped up for what became a marathon battle in the cold.
What did Basin Electric do differently than these other energy providers – the ones that had to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars or even file...
It is important for Basin Electric, its member cooperatives, and members at the end of the line to understand what energy emergency alerts mean so...
To understand how unusual this February was, “There are years I didn’t run this station at all. Since we’ve been in SPP (Southwest Power Pool), I...
On a daily basis, Zachary Wager looks at the boiler, where the main combustion of the coal takes place, and at all of the equipment that goes with...
Dakota Gasification Company’s Great Plains Synfuels Plant in Beulah, North Dakota, fits uniquely in the picture as it produces natural gas as well...
Electric cooperatives stepped up with answers, deploying a variety of tools from their communication toolboxes to prepare, inform, and connect with...
WEIS is a real-time market that takes advantage of a diverse mix of generating resources to optimize the use of the Western Interconnection...
The meeting’s theme, “Listen and Lead,” was chosen to represent the cooperative’s focus on listening to member concerns as Basin Electric leads the...
A recent SPP study found that a full RTO could produce $49 million a year in savings to its members, compared to present operations.
Meetings with ratings agencies Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service, and S&P Global Ratings are conducted twice a year to keep the agencies up...
Basin Electric employs 22 lineworkers to cover more than 2,500 miles of line. The crews are based out of seven outposts in four states across the...
On Nov. 10, 2020, the Beulah, North Dakota, plant reached the milestone of capturing 40 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). The Great...
Now in its fifth year, the national contest elevates co-op members who embody the cooperative principle of commitment to community.
Wyoming CarbonSAFE, implemented by the U.S. Department of Energy, is investigating the feasibility of underground CO2 emissions storage from...
On the security side, Donavon Dick monitors cameras, access logs, and alarms throughout the Headquarters complex and at the cooperative’s remote...
As required by the bylaws, the four proposed amendments were included in the Notice of Annual Meeting, which was mailed Oct. 13.
No new resolutions were brought forward by the membership thus far.
“It’s a volatile world out there. Basin has a long-standing history and a tremendous amount of assets, and they’ve managed those assets well. So I...
As those three or four years at Antelope Valley turned into 35, Jacobs’ roles shifted from civil engineer to administrative supervisor of...
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted everyone, but those who work in the medical industry experienced the pandemic up close and personal. Stephanie...
In addition to the cost savings, delaying the outages will allow Basin Electric the foresight to see if a four-year outage schedule would be...
Hope Haven International Ministries’ goal is to deliver wheelchairs to people in desperate need from 109 different countries (due to U.S....
Performance upgrades on Wilton 2 were completed in late 2019 and Wilton 1 was completed in late April.
Employees are currently assembling a revised 2020 load forecast, since much of the load growth projected in the Bakken may not materialize as...
Katrina Wald says one of the best parts about working at Basin Electric is the many opportunities to be part of cross-functional working groups.
The concern of aging infrastructure is not only an issue at Basin Electric, but for the electric utility industry as a whole across the country.
With Basin Electric’s increasing use of drones, the cooperative is developing procedures so there are clear guidelines to follow. A task force led...
In June 2013, Sauer was named Dakota Gas senior vice president and chief operating officer, the position he held when he retired.
In 2019, Basin Electric set the strategic goal of “stability” in its strategic planning meetings, to stabilize the rates and the cooperative.
The Bylaws Committee is made up of one manager and one director from each of Basin Electric’s 11 districts. The Resolutions Committee is made up of...
According to the report, in 2018, the craft brewing industry provided 559,545 total jobs in the United States, with 150,055 jobs directly at...
Aside from the months of preparation leading up to the audit, Basin Electric’s CIP team has been meeting regularly for the past six years to...
