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
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.
