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Projects at Wyoming Integrated Test Center at Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station earn DOE funding

  • 18 April 2024
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Basin Electric representative testifies in Washington D.C. to oppose proposed banking regulation

  • 11 March 2024
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Scheduled outages provide reliability for members

  • Jenifer Gray
  • 20 February 2024

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Projects at Wyoming Integrated Test Center at Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station earn DOE funding

  • 18 April 2024

Several carbon capture and storage research projects hosted at the Wyoming Integrated Test Center at Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station near...

Construction begins on Roundup-to-Kummer Ridge transmission line

  • 18 April 2024

Construction began on April 4 on the Roundup-to-Kummer Ridge transmission project in western North Dakota.

Construction begins on Pioneer Generation Station-to-Judson transmission line

  • 18 April 2024

Construction began on April 4 on the Pioneer Generation Station-to-Judson transmission project. This project includes 15-miles of new 345-kilovolt...

Commercial operation begins at Wild Springs Solar

  • 17 April 2024

The Wild Springs Solar Project, a 128-megawatt project in Pennington County, South Dakota, began commercial operation on March 28, 2024. Basin...

Basin Electric donates to Bismarck chapter of the Sertoma Club to help kids in need

  • Jenifer Gray
  • 15 April 2024

As a commitment to the communities in which its members and employees live and work, Basin Electric recently donated $5,000 to the Sertoma Club for...

Stay Basin! Self-fulfillment, benefits, and a collaborative environment

  • Alison Kirsch
  • 04 April 2024

Finding a job that suits your pace of life can be a difficult task. Thankfully, Joe Ashurst found his at Basin Electric.

How We Serve: Chief Financial Officer

  • Jenifer Gray
  • 02 April 2024

Employees at Basin Electric understand their roles as stewards of service to the members of the cooperative. The “How We Serve” series highlights...

Laramie River Station employee facilitates STEM education activities for third grade classrooms

  • Alison Kirsch
  • 01 April 2024

Michael Petera teamed up with the University of Wyoming's STEM Education Outreach Office to provide education activities for third grade students.

Basin Electric monitors proposed environmental regulations

  • 27 March 2024

Basin Electric Environmental and Government Relations teams are constantly monitoring, reviewing, and evaluating existing and proposed...

Lonesome Creek Station and Pioneer Generation Station generate more electricity than ever before in 2023

  • 27 March 2024

Both facilities generated more electricity than forecasted in 2023.

Biles makes Western North Dakota safer one smoke alarm at a time

  • Alison Kirsch
  • 25 March 2024

Dakota Gas' Auston Biles is making a difference in Western North Dakota through the American Red Cross.

Basin Electric installs bridge solution to keep the lights on

  • 22 March 2024

When there is sufficient transmission line infrastructure, this system works well. When there is a major weather event that takes down transmission...

A team win at Leland Olds Station maintains emissions compliance

  • Jenifer Gray
  • 21 March 2024

For the team at Leland Olds Station, located near Stanton, North Dakota, a plugged hopper-bottom silo sent them into action on the night of Jan. 23.

Basin Electric representative testifies in Washington D.C. to oppose proposed banking regulation

  • 11 March 2024

It will increase costs for goods, services, and everyday necessities, and lead to further price volatility.

Building relationships ensures reliability for members

  • Jenifer Gray
  • 11 March 2024

When contracts expire, it can be a difficult process to gain new easements. Thankfully, the relationships Basin Electric continues to build with...

2024 winter member managers conference held Feb. 21-22

  • 07 March 2024

Basin Electric staff and member cooperative managers met for the 2024 winter Member Managers Conference in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Feb. 21-22.

Basin Electric to sponsor teachers to attend 2024 Lignite Energy Council teacher seminar

  • 07 March 2024

The Lignite Energy Council (LEC) is conducting the 2024 teacher seminar, “Energy, Economics and Environment,” at Bismarck State College in...

PSC approves applications for two Basin Electric transmission projects

  • 07 March 2024

The North Dakota Public Service Commission approved siting applications for two Basin Electric high-voltage transmission projects at their March 5...

Why Basin? Great benefits, work-life balance, and supportive coworkers

  • Alison Kirsch
  • 06 March 2024

Ryan Koch may be new to Basin Electric, but he's already found that this is the place for him.

How We Serve through instrumentation technicians

  • Kalli Senske
  • 04 March 2024

Many processes and systems within a plant happen so automatically that it’s easy to forget someone had a role in getting everything set up just...

PSC holds hearing for proposed transmission line in Dunn and McKenzie counties

  • 27 February 2024

The North Dakota Public Service Commission (NDPSC) held a hearing on Feb. 16 in Killdeer, North Dakota, to consider a 32.5-mile high-voltage...

New substation will meet Basin Electric’s growing membership needs

  • 27 February 2024

Basin Electric is committed to providing reliable electricity to its members, and this commitment means looking to the future as the membership...

Basin Electric membership growing across all districts

  • 27 February 2024

The forecast shows a bandwidth addressing the what-if scenarios that come with potential new large loads.

Basin Electric experiences second largest member billing peak increase since 2014

  • 27 February 2024

The increase is largely due to the winter storms that swept over Basin Electric’s service territory along with continued increased load growth...

Generator and turbine arrive at Pioneer Generation Station

  • 27 February 2024

Equipment continues to arrive at Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV (PGSIV), Basin Electric’s largest generation project being built in North...

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