Sauer named senior vice president
Former Great Plains Synfuels Plant process operations manager will direct new Administration department for Basin Electric.
Dakota Gasification Company
- February 23, 2011
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Dave Sauer |
Dave Sauer, formerly manager of process operations at the Great Plains Synfuels Plant, will direct Basin Electric’s new Administration department, including both parent and subsidiary human resources, information systems and telecommunications (IS&T), corporate services, internal auditing, and procurement divisions. The Great Plains Synfuels Plant is owned by Dakota Gasification Company, a major subsidiary of Basin Electric Power Cooperative.
Sauer has been employed with Dakota Gas for more than 22 years in various positions with extensive experience within the Basin Electric family. A graduate of North Dakota State University with a major in mechanical engineering, Sauer has worked as both a maintenance and construction engineer and supervisor during his tenure with Dakota Gas. His work included participation in the design, construction and start up of both the flue gas scrubber unit and anhydrous ammonia plant at Great Plains Synfuels Plant near Beulah, ND. For 12 years Sauer was maintenance manager and in 2010 he assumed responsibility for overseeing process operations. Sauer lives in Hazen, ND, with his wife Deb.
About Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Basin Electric is a consumer-owned, regional cooperative headquartered in Bismarck, N.D. It generates and transmits electricity to 135 member rural electric systems in nine states: Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. These member systems distribute electricity to about 2.8 million consumers. For more information, go to www.basinelectric.com.
Headquarters
1600 E. Interstate Ave.
PO Box 5540
Bismarck, ND 58506-5540 USA
701.221.4400
Great Plains Synfuels Plant
420 County Road 26
Beulah, ND 58523-9400 USA
701.873.2100
