Iowa lawmakers take Basin Electric plant tour

    A group of legislators from Iowa spent March 15-16 touring energy country in North Dakota. They got a first-hand look at …

Mergers, alliances put co-op principles in practice

One of the seven cooperative principles is "cooperation among cooperatives." While all cooperatives strive to make that statement true, several Basin …

Iowa lineworkers practice safe pole climbing

Thanks to bucket trucks, Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative lineworkers don't need to climb poles very often. But there is that once or twice a year …

Basin Electric director’s grandson loses leg, wrestles on

Collin Applegate lost his leg in a farm accident in October. Just two months later, he was back on the wrestling mat at Riverside High School in …

Basin Electric employee gives account of 2012 Iowa caucuses

Dale Niezwaag, Basin Electric senior legislative representative, traveled to Iowa for the 2012 Iowa caucuses Jan. 3. Here is Niezwaag's account: I …

Presidential candidate Gingrich speaks at Iowa statewide annual meeting

As a Republican presidential front-runner, Newt Gingrich is a busy man, but on Dec. 1, he made time to speak to attendees of the Iowa Association of …

Iowa co-op members talk about their Basin Electric tour

More than 220,000 people have toured Basin Electric facilities since 1982. Each year Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative (NIPCO) and its member …

Basin Electric member in Iowa protects electric system from flood

From NIPCO (Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative): As historic amounts of water rushed down the Missouri River channel from the Dakotas, work was under …

Electric co-op repairs tornado-damaged lines (Video)

A series of tornados hit western Iowa April 9, 2011, smashing a small town and causing widespread damage. Electric transmission lines were knocked …

Iowa co-ops recover from weekend tornadoes

Tornados caused severe damage in scattered locations across northwest and central Iowa on Saturday, April 9, leaving parts of one small town in rubble …