Basin Electric Power Cooperative
New Projects
Basin Electric's board and management are aggressively pursuing new resources for base-load and peaking generation in our service territories because our members need the power. We are also updating existing facilities and exploring new energy resource technologies - focusing on coal, wind, waste heat recovery, diesel and gas turbine generation resources to meet future needs.
Deer Creek Station
The proposed Deer Creek Station is a 300-megawatt combined-cycle power plant to be located near the town of White in eastern South Dakota. The project was approved by Basin Electric's board of directors in July 2007 and is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2012. More on Deer Creek Station
Western North Dakota Transmission Projects
Basin Electric is proposing to construct two transmission lines in Western North Dakota. The first in the southwestern part of the state running 67 miles from Belfield to Rhame and the other, a 47-mile line, in the Northwest running from Williston to Tioga. More on Western North Dakota Transmission Projects
Culbertson Peaking Unit
Basin Electric plans to add its first generating resource in Montana - a natural-gas fueled peaking unit about eight miles northeast of Culbertson, MT. Basin Electric will begin obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals for the approximately $100 million project. More on Culbertson Peaking Unit
Dry Fork Station
Projected to be operational by 2011, Basin Electric plans to construct the Dry Fork Station, a coal-based power plant in the Gillette, WY, area to meet the growing electricity demand by its member systems. More on Dry Fork Station
Groton Generation Station Unit 2
Completion of Groton Unit 1 occured in time to meet Basin Electric member systems’ 2006 summer peak demand. Power studies have indicated continued load growth so the Basin Electric board of directors authorized a second gas-fired peaking unit near Groton, SD, in August 2006. More on Groton Generation Station Unit 2
Hughes Transmission Project
On June 1, 2005, Basin Electric announced plans to construct a 230,000-kilovolt (230-kV) transmission line in northeast Wyoming. More Hughes Transmission Project
Leland Olds Station Emissions Control Project
The Basin Electric’s board of directors approved the use of wet limestone scrubber technology for units 1 and 2 of the Leland Olds Station near Stanton, ND, in January. The technology selection process began in February 2006 when directors approved the installation of emissions control equipment at Leland Olds Station. More on Leland Olds Station Emissions Control Project
PrairieWinds ND 1
Basin Electric Power Cooperative is setting a milestone - to build the largest cooperative owned and operated wind project in the country. More on PrairieWinds ND 1
NextGen Project
Basin Electric Power Cooperative is in the process of developing a base-load power plant to meet an ever-growing member demand. More on NextGen Project
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
1717 East Interstate Ave.
Bismarck, ND 58503-0564 USA
701.223.0441