Dakota Gas, Basin Electric employees at Energy Generation Conference

Dr. Jack Bacon presents.

More than 115 Great Plains Synfuels Plant employees are attending the 33rd Annual Energy Generation Conference at the Bismarck Civic Center this week.

The conference’s keynote speaker is Jack Bacon of Epoch Production. He is giving a presentation titled Nonlinear Thinking in Energy Generation and Transmission.

Breakout sessions are also scheduled throughout the three-day conference along with professional development sessions. The sessions include presentations on a variety of topics including electrical, engineering, environmental, mechanical, operations, personal/career development, safety and support services.

With about 200 exhibitor booths set up, conference attendees have a variety of vendors to visit.

Rod Wetsch and Mike Lewis of Dakota Gasification Company, and Russ Bosch, Duane Miller and Kelly Cozby of Basin Electric, are on the executive committee responsible for helping plan the event. They join 24 other industry representatives.