In the summer of 2015, Central Electric Cooperative General Manager Ken Schlimgen spearheaded a project that brought a solar array to its headquarters … [Read more...]
Be the light: Offering charity with dignity
July 11, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The Basin Electric ad campaign “Be the Light” shows how Basin Electric and its member cooperatives can be the light in communities and homes like only … [Read more...]
Electric co-ops and CoBank donate $15,000 to United Tribes Technical College
July 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
On June 22, Basin Electric matched Class C member Capital Electric’s $5,000 donation to United Tribes Technical College (UTTC), a tribal college in … [Read more...]
Basin Electric employee runs in the Black Hills 100
July 9, 2018 by 2 Comments
Most people hear 50k and think, “Man, I could never do that.” One Basin Electric employee is the exception. Sarah Feist, Leland Olds Station … [Read more...]
Emissions stack demolition underway at Leland Olds Station
July 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The process of demolishing a non-operational 500-foot emissions stack is underway at Leland Olds Station, near Stanton, North Dakota. The stack is … [Read more...]
Mike Risan, Basin Electric senior vice president of Transmission, retires after 40 years
July 5, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Mike Risan, Basin Electric senior vice president of Transmission, has dedicated his career to making sure co-op members at the end of the line have … [Read more...]
Leland Olds Station employees honored by the ESGR
July 2, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Employees of Basin Electric’s Leland Olds Station were presented two awards from the Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve June 4 in recognition … [Read more...]
Opening of urea facility in North Dakota provides farmers with access to urea fertilizer
June 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Until recently, farmers in the Northern Plains who wanted to use urea, a safe and cost-effective granular fertilizer, had to either import it through … [Read more...]
Basin Electric employee takes tree planting to the next level
June 25, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Nearly 35,000 trees, neatly arranged in rows, outline the landscape south of Menoken. If lined up in a single row, these trees would stretch … [Read more...]
Basin Electric’s Kevin Solie spends time on the east coast presenting his engineering skills
June 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Solie, Basin Electric senior environmental compliance administrator, had a busy month in May. From Washington D.C. to Clemson, South Carolina, … [Read more...]
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