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Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Company type	Non-profit organization
Industry	Utilities
Founded	1960; 64 years ago
Headquarters	Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
Area served	North Dakota
Subsidiaries	Dakota Gasification Company; Dakota Coal Company;
Website	www.basinelectric.com

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Basin Electric Power Cooperative is a wholesale electric generation and transmission cooperative based in North Dakota that provides electricity to 3 million customers in nine U.S. states. The roots of the cooperative go back to 1960 when Leland Olds and ten power suppliers created Giant Power Cooperative. Giant Power was first going to be a generation and transmission cooperative, but to keep electricity cheaper for rural customers, Basin Electric Power Cooperative was started in 1961. Today, Basin Electric's power sources include coal, natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, waste heat, and nuclear.^[1]

The current CEO and General Manager is Todd Telesz. A subsidiary of Basin Electric, Dakota Gasification Company, operates the Great Plains Synfuels Plant, which captures and sequesters nearly 50% of its carbon dioxide emissions in a system developed during the Carter administration. In 2005, the membership of Basin Electric passed a resolution requiring 10 percent of electricity demand to be provided by renewable forms of energy. At the end of 2009, Basin Electric finished construction on a 77 turbine wind energy project.^[2]

Member cooperatives

States served by Basin Electric

Subsidiary companies

Basin Telecommunications Inc.
Basin Cooperative Services
Dakota Gasification Company
Dakota Coal Company
Montana Limestone Company
Prairie Winds ND 1, Inc.^[3]
Prairie Winds SD 1, Inc.^[3]
Souris Valley Pipeline Ltd.

Board of directors

District	Name	Position	Cooperative	Director since
9	Peltier Wayne Peltier	President	Direct purchasing cooperatives	2008
1	PearsonKermit Pearson	Vice President	East River Electric	1997
2	DrostGary Drost	Secretary/Treasury	L & O Power	1999
6	RohrerRoberta Rohrer	Assistant Secretary	Central Montana Electric	2004
3	PresserTroy Presser	Director	Central Power Electric Cooperative	2015
4	ApplegateDon Applegate	Director	Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative	1997
5	BrekelLeo Brekel	Director	Tri-State G&T	2014
7	McQuistonMike McQuiston	Director	Rushmore Electric	2008
8	ThiessenAllen Thiessen	Director	Upper Missouri G&T	2012
10	BakerPaul Baker	Director	Powder River Energy Corporation	2013
11	GilbertCharlie Gilbert	Director	Corn Belt Power	2009

Source:^[4]

External links

Basin Electric Power Cooperative website
Google Books link Multiple sources for Basin Electric Power Electric Cooperative

References

^ "Basin Electric Generation Portfolio". Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
^ Nation’s largest cooperative-owned wind project fully operational near Minot, ND. Archived January 31, 2013, at archive.today Prairie Business. 31 Dec. 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Wind". Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
^ "Director Elections and Resolutions". Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Retrieved 2015-12-18.

External links

Official website

[1] "Basin Electric Generation Portfolio". Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.

[2] Nation’s largest cooperative-owned wind project fully operational near Minot, ND. Archived January 31, 2013, at archive.today Prairie Business. 31 Dec. 2009.

[prairiewinds-3] "Wind". Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-13.

[4] "Director Elections and Resolutions". Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Retrieved 2015-12-18.

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+{{Short description|North Dakota-based electricity generation and transmission cooperative}}
-'''Basin Electric Power Cooperative''' is a wholesale electric generation and transmission [[utility cooperative|cooperative]] based in [[North Dakota]] that provides electricity to 2 million customers in nine [[U.S. state]]s.  The roots of the cooperative go back to 1960 when [[Leland Olds]] and ten power suppliers created Giant Power Cooperative.  Giant Power was first going to be a generation and transmission cooperative, but to keep electricity cheaper for rural customers, Basin Electric Power Cooperative was started in 1961.  Today, Basin Electric's power sources include coal, electricity, natural gas, and wind. The current CEO and General Manager is Ronald R. Harper. The cooperative captures half of its CO2 in a system developed during the Carter administration. [http://cnettv.cnet.com/60-minutes-powered-coal/9742-1_53-50070761.html?tag=untagged]
+{{Infobox company
+|  name             = Basin Electric Power Cooperative
+|  logo             = Basin Electric Power Cooperative logo.jpg
+|  type             = [[Non-profit organization]]
+|  area_served      = [[North Dakota]]
+|  key_people       =
+| foundation       = {{start date and age|1960}}
+|  industry         = [[Utilities]]
+|  num_employees    =
+|  hq_location_city = [[Bismarck, North Dakota]]
+|  hq_location_country = [[United States]]
+|  locations        =
+|  subsid           = {{plainlist|
+* [[Dakota Gasification Company]]
+* [[Dakota Coal Company]]
+}}
+|  homepage         = {{URL|https://www.basinelectric.com/}}
+}}
+'''Basin Electric Power Cooperative''' is a wholesale electric generation and transmission [[utility cooperative|cooperative]] based in [[North Dakota]] that provides electricity to 3 million customers in nine [[U.S. state]]s.  The roots of the cooperative go back to 1960 when [[Leland Olds]] and ten power suppliers created Giant Power Cooperative.  Giant Power was first going to be a generation and transmission cooperative, but to keep electricity cheaper for rural customers, Basin Electric Power Cooperative was started in 1961. Today, Basin Electric's power sources include coal, natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, [[waste heat]], and nuclear.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basinelectric.com/About_Us/Corporate/At_a_Glance/index.html|title=Basin Electric Generation Portfolio|publisher=Basin Electric Power Cooperative|accessdate=27 January 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211174137/http://www.basinelectric.com/About_Us/Corporate/At_a_Glance/index.html|archivedate=11 February 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+The current CEO and General Manager is Todd Telesz. A subsidiary of Basin Electric, Dakota Gasification Company, operates the [[Dakota Gasification Company|Great Plains Synfuels Plant]], which captures and sequesters nearly 50% of its [[Greenhouse gas emissions|carbon dioxide emissions]] in a system developed during the Carter administration. In 2005, the membership of Basin Electric passed a resolution requiring 10 percent of electricity demand to be provided by renewable forms of energy. At the end of 2009, Basin Electric finished construction on a 77 turbine [[wind energy]] project.<ref>[http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/10372/group/home/ Nation’s largest cooperative-owned wind project fully operational near Minot, ND.] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130131150415/http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/10372/group/home/ |date=January 31, 2013 }} ''Prairie Business.'' 31 Dec. 2009.</ref>
 ==Member cooperatives==
 ===Direct purchasing===
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 *[[Central Power Electric Cooperative]] - Minot, North Dakota
 *[[Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative]] - Great Falls, Montana
-*[[Corn Belt Power Cooperative]] - Humboldt, Iowa<ref name="district11"/>
+*[[Corn Belt Power Cooperative]] - Humboldt, Iowa
 *[[East River Electric Power Cooperative]] - Madison, South Dakota
 *[[L & O Power Cooperative]] - Rock Rapids, Iowa
@@ Line 39: / Line 60: @@
 *[[South Dakota]]
 *[[Wyoming]]
-==Power Generation==
-*Antelope Valley Station
-*Chamberlain Wind Project
-*Earl F. Wisdom Generating Station Unit 2
-*Groton Generating Station
-*Laramie River Station (co-owners and operator)
-*Leland Olds Station
-*Madison Peaking Units
-*Minot Wind Project
-*North Dakota Wind Energy Center I
-*Pipestone Wind Project
-*Rosebud Wind Project
-*Recovered Energy Generation
-*Spirit Mound Station
-*South Dakota Wind Energy Center
-*Wilton Wind Energy Center
-*Wyoming Distributed Generation
 ==Subsidiary companies==
+*Basin Telecommunications Inc.
+*Basin Cooperative Services
 *[[Dakota Gasification Company]]
 *[[Dakota Coal Company]]
+*Montana Limestone Company
-*Prairie Winds ND1, Inc.<ref name="prairiewinds">{{cite web|url=http://www.basinelectric.com/Energy_Resources/New_Projects/Wind_projects/index.html|title=Wind projects in ND and SD|publisher=Basin Electric Power Cooperative|accessdate=2009-09-18}}</ref>
+*Prairie Winds ND 1, Inc.<ref name="prairiewinds">{{cite web|url=http://www.basinelectric.com/Electricity/Generation/Wind/index.html |title=Wind |publisher=Basin Electric Power Cooperative |accessdate=2014-08-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814015831/http://www.basinelectric.com/Electricity/Generation/Wind/index.html |archivedate=2014-08-14 }}</ref>
-*Prairie Winds SD1, Inc.<ref name="prairiewinds"/>
+*Prairie Winds SD 1, Inc.<ref name="prairiewinds"/>
+*Souris Valley Pipeline Ltd.
-==Board of Directors==
+==Board of directors==
+{|class="wikitable sortable"
-*President Wayne Child, District 5
+|-
-*Vice President Cliff Gjellstad, District 3
+!District!!Name!!Position!!Cooperative!!Director since
-*Sec/Treasurer Kermit Pearson, District 1
+|-
-*Asst. Secretary Don Applegate, District 4
+|align=center|9
-*Director Gary Drost, District 2
+|<span style="display:none">Peltier </span>Wayne Peltier
-*Director Charlie Gilbert, District 11<ref name="district11">{{cite web|url=http://www.basinelectric.com/News_Center/News_Releases/Basin_Electric_adds_new_member%2C_board_seat.html|title=Basin Electric adds new member, board seat|date=2009-08-14|publisher=Basin Electric Power Cooperative|accessdate=2009-09-18}}</ref>
+|President
-*Director Roy Ireland, District 7
+|Direct purchasing cooperatives
-*Director Dean McCabe, District 8
+|align=center|2008
-*Director Wayne Peltier, District 9
+|-
-*Director Roberta Rohrer, District 6
+|align=center|1
-*Director Reuben Ritthaler, District 10
+|<span style="display:none">Pearson</span>Kermit Pearson
+|Vice President
+|[[East River Electric Power Cooperative|East River Electric]]
+|align=center|1997
+|-
+|align=center|2
+|<span style="display:none">Drost</span>Gary Drost
+|Secretary/Treasury
+|[[L & O Power Cooperative|L & O Power]]
+|align=center|1999
+|-
+|align=center|6
+|<span style="display:none">Rohrer</span>Roberta Rohrer
+|Assistant Secretary
+|[[Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative|Central Montana Electric]]
+|align=center|2004
+|-
+|align=center|3
+|<span style="display:none">Presser</span>Troy Presser
+|Director
+|[[Central Power Electric Cooperative]]
+|align=center|2015
+|-
+|align=center|4
+|<span style="display:none">Applegate</span>Don Applegate
+|Director
+|[[Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative]]
+|align=center|1997
+|-
+|align=center|5
+|<span style="display:none">Brekel</span>Leo Brekel
+|Director
+|[[Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association|Tri-State G&T]]
+|align=center|2014
+|-
+|align=center|7
+|<span style="display:none">McQuiston</span>Mike McQuiston
+|Director
+|[[Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative|Rushmore Electric]]
+|align=center|2008
+|-
+|align=center|8
+|<span style="display:none">Thiessen</span>Allen Thiessen
+|Director
+|[[Upper Missouri G&T Electric Cooperative|Upper Missouri G&T]]
+|align=center|2012
+|-
+|align=center|10
+|<span style="display:none">Baker</span>Paul Baker
+|Director
+|[[Powder River Energy Corporation]]
+|align=center|2013
+|-
+|align=center|11
+|<span style="display:none">Gilbert</span>Charlie Gilbert
+|Director
+|[[Corn Belt Power Cooperative|Corn Belt Power]]
+|align=center|2009
+|}
-Source: <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basinelectric.com/About_Us/Governance/Biographies/index.html|title=Biographies|publisher=Basin Electric Power Cooperative|accessdate=2009-09-18}}</ref>
+Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basinelectric.com/About-Us/Annual-Meeting/Director-Elections-and-Resolutions/|title=Director Elections and Resolutions|publisher=Basin Electric Power Cooperative|accessdate=2015-12-18}}</ref>
 ==External links==
 *[http://www.basinelectric.com/index.html Basin Electric Power Cooperative website]
+*[https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Basin+Electric+Power+Cooperative Google Books link] Multiple sources for Basin Electric Power Electric Cooperative
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+* {{Official website}}
+{{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Utility cooperatives in North Dakota]]
+[[Category:Electric cooperatives in North Dakota]]
-[[Category:Power companies of the United States]]
+[[Category:Electric generation and transmission cooperatives in the United States]]
-[[Category:Companies based in North Dakota]]
+[[Category:Non-profit organizations based in North Dakota]]

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Latest revision as of 15:39, 8 August 2024

Member cooperatives

Direct purchasing

G&T

Class D Members

States served by Basin Electric

Subsidiary companies

Board of directors

External links

References

External links