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Basin Electric publishes sustainability report

  • 02 January 2025
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Basin Electric directors return $46 million to members

  • 25 November 2024
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Larson joins the Basin Electric Board of Directors

  • 18 November 2024

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Planned outage: Antelope Valley Station team completes Unit 1 maintenance

  • 02 January 2025

The team at Antelope Valley Station, a coal-fueled dispatchable generation facility located near Beulah, North Dakota, completed routine...

Basin Electric signs contract to add more wind generation

  • 02 January 2025

Basin Electric has executed an agreement to purchase power from Triple H Wind, a wind project located in Hyde County near Highmore, South Dakota.

Dakota Gas conducts seismic surveys at carbon dioxide storage site

  • 02 January 2025

Dakota Gasification Company, partnering with Denver, Colorado-based Carbon Vault, conducted seismic surveys for its Broom Creek carbon dioxide...

New Leland Olds substation on track for 2025 completion

  • 02 January 2025

Construction of a new 19.5-acre substation to replace the 345-kilovolt (kV) substation at Leland Old Station located near Stanton, North Dakota, is...

Basin Electric participates in public scoping meetings in Crosby and Tioga

  • 02 January 2025

Basin Electric participated in two public scoping meetings in October in Crosby, North Dakota and Tioga, North Dakota.

Basin Electric's 2025 winter Member Managers Conference registration open

  • 02 January 2025

Registration is now open for Basin Electric's 2025 winter Member Managers Conference scheduled for Feb. 19-20.

Basin Electric publishes sustainability report

  • 02 January 2025

Basin Electric recently published an updated Sustainability Report representing the cooperative’s commitment to provide safely produced, reliable,...

FERC approves 2025 Rate Schedule A

  • 02 January 2025

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted the 2025 Rate Schedule A with an effective date of January 1, 2025.

NERC releases 2024-2025 winter reliability assessment report

  • 02 January 2025

The 2024-2025 winter reliability assessment report was recently released by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.

Top Basin Electric Stories of 2024

  • Erin Becker
  • 30 December 2024

2024…what a year it’s been! Take a trip down memory lane with us as we review Basin Electric’s top news stories, videos, and social media posts.

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...

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