New coal storage for Dry Fork Station

Coal storage silos being built at Dry Fork Station.

The coal storage silos on the plant site at Dry Fork Station are taking shape. They're being built using a slipform. The process started Saturday, … [Read more...]

Who’s ready for lutefisk?

Hostfest button

Norsk Høstfest begins Tuesday, Sept. 29th. People from around the world will gather to celebrate the sights, sounds and smells of the Nordic … [Read more...]

Finding a balanced solution for climate change

Mike Eggl, BEPC

Basin Electric and its membership want to help find a balanced solution to climate change. As Congress considers climate change legislation, … [Read more...]

Community co-ops present lead gift for “Amber’s Dream”

Amber Deroches, 2006

Fifteen-year-old Amber DesRoches spent more time in the hospital than any kid should. She was fighting to live, to beat the leukemia that was taking … [Read more...]

Helping build a dream

2009 St. Baldrick's event (Dennis Hill of ND Assoc. of Rural Electric Co-ops; Don Franklund of Mor-Gran-Sou, Roughrider and Slope Electric; Pam Desroches, Amber's mom; Carrol Meyers Dobler of Medcenter One Foundation; Ron Harper of Basin Electric

Basin Electric, along with Capital Electric, KEM Electric, Mor-Gran-Sou Electric, Roughrider Electric, and Slope Electric cooperatives are providing … [Read more...]

Greg McKee, meet Greg McKee.

Greg McKee meets Greg McKee.

On Sept. 10, a tour sponsored by the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives visited the Antelope Valley Station and Great Plains … [Read more...]

Piece of wind project arrives from South Korea

Transformer was hauled to PrairieWinds site on a 48-tire trailer.

The transformer arrived on the PrairieWinds 1 site south of Minot, ND, yesterday. It was shipped over from South Korea in June to the Port of Houston, … [Read more...]

International visitors at Synfuels Plant

John Panek, Department of Energy (second from right), escorts representatives from the China Power Investment Corporation, Mendong Energy and Ningxia Energy and Aluminum Group.

The Great Plains Synfuels Plant has long been a stop for international visitors. In the last few weeks, groups from China and Mexico have visited the … [Read more...]

Together We Save

Dennis Gad, BEPC

Touchstone Energy™ has unveiled the new “Together We Save” communications campaign. The premise of the campaign is to motivate co-op members … [Read more...]

Prime in print and posting like the Pope

Mary Klecker-Green, BEPC

The next issue of Basin Today is featuring a story on a communications survey that was conducted and how Basin Electric uses social media (like this … [Read more...]

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