Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV adding mega megawatts
Tracie Bettenhausen
08 March 2023
The construction site for Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV. The laydown yard, where equipment is being readied for construction, is to the left, and the currect Pioneer Generation Station is seen to the right. Photo credit: Darrell Slavick, Basin Electric field coordinator III - North Dakota.
But even before the latest forecast was released in January, the cooperative saw that building new generation to keep electricity reliable for our membership was a necessity.
Therefore, Basin Electric is pursuing its largest single site electric generation project since the 1980s. The cooperative plans to construct about 600 megawatts of natural gas generation near the existingPioneer Generation Stationnorthwest of Williston, North Dakota.
The project will be referred to as Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV. Preliminary estimates place the budget at approximately $780 million, which includes both generation and transmission assets.
Jim Lund, Basin Electric senior mechanical engineer and project coordinator, says the project will address near-term load growth and long-term grid stability in the Bakken region.
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