Basin Electric Power Cooperative

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]

Basin Electric Power Cooperative

Company type	Non-profit organization
Industry	Utilities
Founded	1960; 65 years ago (1960)
Headquarters	Bismarck, North Dakota , United States
Area served	North Dakota
Subsidiaries	Dakota Gasification Company Dakota Coal Company
Website	www.basinelectric.com

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

Direct purchasing

• Grand Electric Cooperative - Bison, South Dakota
• KEM Electric Cooperative - Linton, North Dakota
• Minnesota Valley Cooperative Light & Power Association - Montevideo, Minnesota
• Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative - Jordan, Minnesota
• Mor-Gran-Sou Electric Cooperative - Flasher, North Dakota
• Powder River Energy Corporation - Sundance, Wyoming
• Roughrider Electric Cooperative - Hazen, North Dakota
• Rosebud Electric Cooperative - Gregory, South Dakota
• Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association - Rockford, Minnesota

G&T

• Central Power Electric Cooperative - Minot, North Dakota
• Central Montana Electric Power Cooperative - Great Falls, Montana
• Corn Belt Power Cooperative - Humboldt, Iowa
• East River Electric Power Cooperative - Madison, South Dakota
• L & O Power Cooperative - Rock Rapids, Iowa
• Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative - LeMars, Iowa
• Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative - Rapid City, South Dakota
• Upper Missouri G&T Electric Cooperative - Sidney, Montana
• Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association - Denver, Colorado

Class D Members

• Flathead Electric Cooperative - Kalispell & Libby, Montana
• Wyoming Municipal Power Agency - Lusk, Wyoming

States served by Basin Electric

• Colorado
• Iowa
• Minnesota
• Montana
• Nebraska
• New Mexico
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Wyoming

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