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Basin Electric Power Cooperative is a wholesale electric generation and transmission cooperative based in North Dakota that provides electricity to 2.8 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, wind, waste heat, and nuclear.[1] The current CEO and General Manager is Andrew Serri. 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 from renewable forms of energy. At the end of 2009, Basin Electric finished construction on a 77 turbine wind energy project.[2]

Member cooperatives

Direct purchasing

G&T

Class D Members

States served by Basin Electric

Subsidiary companies

Board of directors

District Name Position Cooperative Director since
3 GjellstadCliff Gjellstad President Central Power Electric 2000
7 IrelandRoy Ireland Vice President Rushmore Electric 1996
1 PearsonKermit Pearson Secretary/Treasury East River Electric 1997
2 DrostGary Drost Assistant Secretary L & O Power 1999
4 ApplegateDon Applegate Director Northwest Iowa Power 1997
5 ChildWayne Child Director Tri-State G&T 1985
6 RohrerRoberta Rohrer Director Central Montana Electric 2004
8 McCabeDean McCabe Director Upper Missouri G&T 2000
9 PeltierWayne Peltier Director Direct purchasing cooperatives 2008
10 RitthalerReuben Ritthaler Director Power River Energy Corporation 2001
11 GilbertCharlie Gilbert Director Corn Belt Power 2009

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References

  1. ^ "Basin Electric Generation Portfolio". Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Nation’s largest cooperative-owned wind project fully operational near Minot, ND. Prairie Business. 31 Dec. 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Wind projects". Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
  4. ^ "Boards of Directors". Basin Electric Power Cooperative. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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