BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE

'Basin Electric Power Cooperative' is a wholesale electric generation and transmission cooperative based in North Dakota that provides electricity to 2 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, electricity, natural gas, and wind. The current CEO and General Manager is Ronald R. Harper.

Contents

Member cooperatives

Direct purchasing

G&T

Class D Members

States served by Basin Electric

Power Generation

Subsidiary companies

Board of Directors

External links

Member cooperatives

Direct purchasing

★ Grand Electric Cooperative - Bison, SD

★ KEM Electric Cooperative - Linton, ND

★ Minnesota Valley Cooperative Light & Power Association - Montevideo, MN

★ Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative - Jordan, MN

★ Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Cooperative - Flasher, ND

★ Powder River Energy Corporation - Sundance, WY

★ Oliver-Mercer Electric Cooperative - Hazen, ND

★ Rosebud Electric Cooperative - Gregory, SD

★ Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association - Rockford, MN

G&T

★ Central Power Electric Cooperative - Minot, ND

★ Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative - Great Falls, MT

★ East River Electric Power Cooperative - Madison, SD

★ L & O Power Cooperative - Rock Rapids, IA

★ Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative - LeMars, IA

★ Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative - Rapid City, SD

★ Upper Missouri G&T Electric Cooperative - Sidney, MT

★ Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association - Denver, CO

Class D Members

★ Corn Belt Power Cooperative - Humboldt, IA

★ Flathead Electric Cooperative - Kalispell & Libby, MT

★ Wyoming Municipal Power Agency - Lusk, WY

States served by Basin Electric

★ Colorado

★ Iowa

★ Minnesota

★ Montana

★ Nebraska

★ New Mexico

★ North Dakota

★ 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 (4 sites)

★ Spirit Mound Station

★ South Dakota Wind Energy Center

★ Wilton Wind Energy Center

★ Wyoming Distributed Generation

Subsidiary companies

★ Dakota Gasification Company

★ Dakota Coal Company

Board of Directors

★ President Wayne Child District 5

★ Vice President Cliff Gjellstad District 3

★ Sec/Treasurer Kermit Pearson District 1

★ Asst. Secretary Don Applegate District 4

★ Director Gary Drost District 2

★ Director Eugene Appeldorn District 9

★ Director Dean McCabe District 8

★ Director Roberta Rohrer District 6

★ Director Reuben Ritthaler District 10

★ Director Roy Ireland District 7

External links

★ Basin Electric Power Cooperative website