PrairieWinds 1 near Minot, ND, in full operation

Basin Electric ended the year by making history. PrairieWinds 1, the nation’s largest wind project owned solely by a cooperative, located near …

Dry Fork Station workers take over for Santa Claus

This year, the contractors and Basin Electric employees at the Dry Fork Station plant site got together eight truckloads full of toys for the …

Wind project crew donates to local family resource center

The card they sent was signed by people from all over the United States: New York, Washington, Florida and Georgia, to name a few states. But they …

Extreme Makeover: Synfuels Plant edition

Visitors this summer have been enjoying the newly remodeled visitors’ center at the Great Plains Synfuels Plant. Completed in June, the renovated …

Answer the question: Weather and holiday travel

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2009 has been a big year of building at Basin Electric

The clanging of cold steel. The slop of wet concrete. The roar of the dozer. The sights and sounds of big-time construction can be found all over …

Basin Electric is #32 in top 100 co-ops

NCB Financial Group recently released its annual NCB Co-op 100 listing the nation’s top 100 revenue-earning cooperative businesses. Basin …

Attention to safety at Dakota Gas = $ for local hospice

Dakota Gasification Company employees can not only help their fellow workers be safer in December, but can also help a local organization. Dakota …

A Christmas surprise at Great Plains Synfuels Plant

The Great Plains Synfuels Plant holds an annual holiday employee breakfast at the Synfuels Plant's cafeteria. This year, they held the event on …

Basin Electric steps toward carbon capture and storage

Basin Electric has taken another step forward in its efforts towards the development of an innovative carbon capture and storage project. The …