North Dakota Sees Rapid Electric Coop Growth
Posted on Apr 1, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Rates, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on North Dakota Sees Rapid Electric Coop Growth
North Dakota’s rural economic development is being sparked by the state’s oil and gas boom, which is benefiting electric coops. The Public Service Commission in the state has now approved two additional units for a Basin Electric Power Cooperative power plant. These two units will add 90 MW of capacity by late 2014, a much needed step towards keeping up with the unprecedented load...
Basin Electric Increases Power Generation
Posted on Mar 4, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development | Comments Off on Basin Electric Increases Power Generation
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) now has three units of its Pioneer Generation Station in service. The gas-fired generation facilities, located in Williston, North Dakota, will help add much-needed electricity into the oil drilling region. Basin Electric is now in the process of building three more gas-fired generators near Watford City, North Dakota, all as part of...
Coops Face Increased Costs with Stricter Haze Regulation
Posted on Jan 27, 2014 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Coops Face Increased Costs with Stricter Haze Regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) partially disapproved Wyoming’s plan to address haze pollution in the region, setting stricter limits on certain gases and particulate matter than the state plan had proposed. Participants in the Missouri Basin Power Project, including Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric), are grappling with the prospect of increased costs due to...
Basin Electric Transporting Coal by Trucks to Meet Demand
Posted on Jan 9, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Land Use, Reliability | Comments Off on 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...
Basin Electric Signs Deal to Add More Wind to Generation Portfolio
Posted on Dec 27, 2013 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Basin Electric Signs Deal to Add More Wind to Generation Portfolio
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) announced on December 20 that it had signed a deal to add 98 MW of additional wind capacity to its generating portfolio. The Campbell County Wind Farm is currently under development in South Dakota and is expected to be brought online in 2015. Electric Co-op Today has the full story.
Basin Electric Signs PPAs for Wind Generation
Posted on Nov 7, 2013 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Basin Electric Signs PPAs for Wind Generation
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) has agreed to purchase power from two wind projects currently being developed in North Dakota, which will provide a combined capacity of 278 MW. Their addition will bring Basin Electric’s generation portfolio to more than 1,000 MW. The new facilities are scheduled to be operational by the end of 2015. For more information about the...
eBay the Cooperative Way
Posted on Nov 5, 2013 in Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on eBay the Cooperative Way
Basin Electric Power Cooperative has launched Surplus MarketPlace, an eBay-like website, to sell its surplus materials, such as office furniture, vehicles, and plant equipment. Learn more by clicking here.
New Natural Gas-Fired Plant Online in North Dakota
Posted on Sep 12, 2013 in Project Development | Comments Off on New Natural Gas-Fired Plant Online in North Dakota
Basin Electric Power Cooperative recently began operation of a new 45-MW natural gas-fired power plant located near Williston, North Dakota. The $64.5 million unit is one of three planned for the site. The Bismarck Tribune has the full story.
Coops Urge EPA to Accept Wyoming’s Haze Pollution Plan
Posted on Sep 3, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Rates, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Coops Urge EPA to Accept Wyoming’s Haze Pollution Plan
If coops and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association get their way, Wyoming’s plan to control haze from the power sector will be fully approved as compliant with federal law. Comments submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) argue that Wyoming’s approach is reasonable, and electric coop consumer-members would pay more than necessary if the EPA goes forth with...
RUS to Conduct New Report on Transmission Project
Posted on Aug 15, 2013 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on RUS to Conduct New Report on Transmission Project
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has announced that it will conduct a supplemental environmental impact report for Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s proposed North Dakota transmission line. This decision came from a need to consider new aspects of the plan. Read more here.
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