Basin Electric Transporting Coal by Trucks to Meet Demand
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) has been transporting coal via trucks to meet the demand of the Leland Olds Station, located near Stanton, North Dakota, since BNSF Railway can no longer guarantee its ability to get two 60-car coal trains on the rail tracks every day. The trucks providing the coal are now making about 250 hauls per day. The rail problem began last summer when the route became busier due to an oil transload near the coal mine. Basin Electric intends to keep transporting coal via trucks until the end of January and then re-evaulate the coal supply for Leland Olds Station. Read more here.