Basin Electric Power Cooperative is a consumer-owned, regional generation and transmission (G&T) cooperative providing wholesale power to member rural electric systems in nine states. The following statistics are for end-of-year (EOY) 2023.
Basin Electric's diversified winter generating capacity portfolio
This reflects our ability to serve our customers even on the coldest days.
- Generating capacity chart indicates only generation owned by Basin Electric or purchased power longer than three years
- Maximum generating capacity in megawatts (MW)
- At end of year 2023, Basin Electric operated 5,217 MW of wholesale electric generating capacity and had 8,112 MW of generating capacity within its resource portfolio
In 2023, renewable and green generation (wind and recovered energy generation) equaled 18% of Basin Electric's total energy portfolio mix. Note: The actual renewable energy attributes (aka green tags or RECs) of much of that generation was allocated to Basin Electric's members and no claims of environmental attributes may be claimed for any part of Basin Electric's power supply, unless those attributes are assigned to the power claimed as green or renewable.
In 2023, coal-based generation equaled 42.1 percent of Basin Electric's total energy portfolio mix.
In 2023, renewable and green generation (wind and recovered energy generation) equaled 20.8% of member and retail sales. Note: The actual renewable energy attributes (aka green tags or RECs) of much of that generation was allocated to Basin Electric's members and no claims of environmental attributes may be claimed for any part of Basin Electric's power supply, unless those attributes are assigned to the power claimed as green or renewable.
Committed Projects 2024 and beyond
| Initial year of production |
Name | Units | Generating capacity (megawatts) | Owner/Seller |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | West River Solar Project | 2 arrays | 20 MW | Greenbacker Renewable |
| 2025-2026 | Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV | 580 MW | Basin Electric | |
| 2028 | Nemadji Trail Energy Center (natural gas-based combined cycle) | 1 unit | 180 MW | Basin Electric, Dairyland Power Cooperative, and Minnesota Power are partners |
| Total | 894 MW |
Transmission owned and maintained
| Interconnection | Transmission Tariff | Basin Electric Owned (Miles) | Basin Electric Maintained (Miles) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern | Southwest Power Pool* | 2,047 | 2,117 |
| Non-tariff facilities | 15 | 21 | |
| Western | Common Use System | 279 | 348 |
| BEPW** | 180 | 64 | |
| Non-tariff facilities | 5 | 15 | |
| Total miles | 2,526 | 2,565 | |
| *Basin Electric includes its entitlement share over the Missouri Basin Power Project transmission facilities located in the Eastern Interconnection in the Southwest Power Pool transmission tariff. | |||
| **The Basin Electric Power Cooperative West Side Transmission System (BEPW) represents Basin Electric's entitlement share over the Missouri Basin Power Project transmission facilities located in the Western Interconnection. | |||
Subsidiaries
- Basin Cooperative Services, a not-for-profit subsidiary.
- Dakota Gasification Company, operates the Great Plains Synfuels Plant near Beulah, ND.
- Souris Valley Pipeline Ltd., a subsidiary of Dakota Gas, delivers CO2 for enhanced oil recovery.
- Dakota Coal Company, the fuel supplier for the Synfuels Plant, Antelope Valley Station, and Leland Olds Station.
- Wyoming Lime Producers, a division of Dakota Coal.
- Montana Limestone Company, a subsidiary of Basin Electric.
- Nemadji River Generation LLC, a subsidiary of Basin Electric.
