Scheduled outages provide reliability for members
Scheduled outages at Dakota Gas and Laramie River Station play a crucial role in maintaining reliability and efficiency.
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Scheduled outages at Dakota Gas and Laramie River Station play a crucial role in maintaining reliability and efficiency.
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In addition to the reliability and affordable cost, Baumann says he’s been very happy with the degree of personal relationships and support his...
A change to Basin Electric’s bylaws was approved at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Membership.
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On Dec. 30, Tom Christensen, Basin Electric senior vice president of Transmission, Engineering, and Construction, retired after nearly 40 years of...
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In 2019, Basin Electric introduced a member-owned trial battery rate allocating up to 150 kilowatts (kW) per Class C member.
Montana Limestone Company is a relatively small operation that has a big impact on Basin Electric and its membership.
Plants like Laramie River Station have a direct impact on long-term power, and that's why scheduled outages and regular maintenance are so important.
A change to Basin Electric's bylaws was approved at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Membership on Nov. 9.
“We don’t just want to be a business that just happens to be located there, we want to develop partnerships and relationships with the people and...
The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) conducted an Integrated Transmission Planning study and in 2021 determined the need for extensive new transmission...
"Basically everything we do affects the membership. What's good for the membership is good for us."
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Today, agriculture and energy are more closely entwined than ever before.
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Johnson says his goal is always to minimize the landed cost of a shipment, meaning what it costs to get a part or equipment to one of the facilities.
Johnson’s career with the cooperative began in 1982 when he crossed paths with a former college classmate who told him that she was a budget...
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Jerry Beck represents District 11 replacing retired director Charlie Gilbert.
Going forward, the team plans to continue looking for ways to increase efficiencies to save even more money.
Some of Dave Raatz’s favorite work has had to do with negotiating power sale and purchase arrangements, resource planning, and member rate design.
The Touchstone Energy Cooperatives of Iowa sponsored a new contest to highlight their cooperative commitment to community.
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No new resolutions were brought forward by the membership thus far.
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The concern of aging infrastructure is not only an issue at Basin Electric, but for the electric utility industry as a whole across the country.
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