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Basin Electric directors return $46 million to members

  • 25 November 2024
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Basin Electric’s A credit rating affirmed

  • 25 November 2024
Anthony Larson

Larson joins the Basin Electric Board of Directors

  • 18 November 2024

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Proactive safety in action: The SOS approach

  • Alison Kirsch
  • 20 December 2024

Safety committees across many Basin Electric facilities are implementing a new, proactive safety management program.

Basin Electric energizes new transmission line in western North Dakota

  • 18 December 2024

Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) energized a new transmission line in western North Dakota on Dec. 17.

Dakota Gasification Company and OCI N.V. dissolve joint venture, N-7

  • 03 December 2024

Following a strategic review by Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, North Dakota, a subsidiary of Basin Electric Power Cooperative, and OCI N.V....

Basin Electric and employees give $140,765 to local charities

  • 25 November 2024

Employees at Basin Electric take great pride in supporting United Way and other local charities through the annual Commitment to Community Campaign.

Basin Electric directors return $46 million to members

  • 25 November 2024

The Basin Electric Board of Directors authorized the retirement of approximately $46 million dollars in patronage capital at its November meeting.

Fuel gas heater installation at Lonesome Creek Station

  • 25 November 2024

The Basin Electric Board of Directors recently approved the installation of two fuel gas heaters at Lonesome Creek Station, one of Basin Electric’s...

Basin Electric’s A credit rating affirmed

  • 25 November 2024

Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings and Moody’s recently issued updated credit reports for Basin Electric reaffirming its A rating and stable...

Antelope Valley Station team formed as a safety focus

  • 25 November 2024

As an additional safety measure, a Lockout/Tagout advisory team has been assembled at Antelope Valley Station.

Basin Electric’s benchmarking team visits two Midwest co-ops

  • 25 November 2024

In April, Basin Electric’s benchmarking team visited East Kentucky Power Cooperative in Winchester Kentucky, and Associated Electric Cooperative in...

Larson joins the Basin Electric Board of Directors

  • 18 November 2024

Anthony Larson has been elected to serve on the Basin Electric Board of Directors beginning Nov. 1, 2024, and will represent District 8, Upper...

Stay Basin! Good people, benefits, and stable future

  • Andrew Weeks
  • 11 November 2024

This past June marked 10 years that Lindsey Schutt, of Hazen, North Dakota, began her career with Basin Electric, where she works as an...

Basin Electric hosts energy audit training

  • Andrew Weeks
  • 07 November 2024

Forty-three members representing co-ops from all nine states in Basin Electric’s service territory attended energy audit training on Oct. 29-30 at...

Reliability to power western North Dakota

  • Erin Becker
  • 29 October 2024

A new transmission line is on its way to completion in western North Dakota, allowing for more electricity to be added to the grid in a few short...

1 million metric tons of co2 captured and sequestered at Dakota Gas

  • Jenifer Gray
  • 29 October 2024

The Great Plains Synfuels Plant recently became home to the largest geologic sequestration project in the world.

The Nordlund family brings a taste of home to PGS Phase IV

  • Alison Kirsch
  • 29 October 2024

Keith Nordlund, operator technician at Basin Electric’s Pioneer Generation Station, and his family are the proud owners of Nordlund Family Ranch...

Investing for the future at the 2024 Annual Meeting

  • Kalli Senske
  • 29 October 2024

Held August 13-15, the theme for the 63rd Annual Meeting was “Investing for the Future,” which highlights the many ways the cooperative is...

How We Serve: Auxilary Operating Team

  • Erin Becker
  • 29 October 2024

“I take pride in the fact that while most of the world is sleeping or going about their daily business, the work we do in our division, in addition...

40 years and counting: celebrating decades of service

  • Jenifer Gray
  • 29 October 2024

On August 1, 1984, Unit 1 at Antelope Valley Station began commercial operation, and on July 28, 1984, natural gas made synthetically from lignite...

Eye'll be seeing you

  • Jenifer Gray
  • 29 October 2024

The team at Eye Love Spearfish, a member of Butte Electric Cooperative, a Basin Electric Class C member, knows all about eyes. “We’re very thankful...

Basin Electric featured in nation's top 100 co-ops list

  • 23 October 2024

Basin Electric was ranked among the nation’s top cooperatives by the National Cooperative Bank in its annual NCB Co-op 100® list, which names the...

Nuclear Energy – Basin Electric’s Team Evaluates

  • 23 October 2024

Basin Electric’s Horizons Committee, a cross departmental team tasked with researching emerging technologies, is actively monitoring the...

Dakota Gas restores old stormwater pond

  • 23 October 2024

Dakota Gas recently restored a stormwater pond that hadn’t been used for at least two decades. The newly restored pond – Pond D – makes it the...

Basin Electric repairs wind turbine blade

  • 23 October 2024

A major blade repair was completed this year at one of Basin Electric’s wind projects.

Basin Electric's Security and Response Services set record week

  • 23 October 2024

The professionals in Security and Response Services experienced a record-breaking week spanning Tuesday, Sept. 24, until Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024

Eagle nest monitoring important work for Basin Electric’s environmental crew

  • Andrew Weeks
  • 09 October 2024

If a raptor or other bird connects with a transmission line, depending on the size, they may be electrocuted and/or damage the transmission line....

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