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Basin Electric Power Cooperative is a consumer-owned, regional generation and transmission (G&T) cooperative providing wholesale power to member rural electric systems in nine states. Basin Electric is a parent company to eight subsidiaries. The following statistics are for end-of-year (EOY) 2010.
Chart indicates only generation capacity owned by Basin Electric or purchased power longer than three years.
Maximum capability in megawatts (MW)
|
Total |
Summer (MW) |
Winter (MW) |
Summer |
Winter |
|
Coal-based generation |
2,666.3 |
2,616.8 |
70.3 |
64.0 |
|
Hydro generation |
0.0 |
279.0 |
0.0 |
6.8 |
|
Natural gas generation |
386.7 |
431.0 |
10.2 |
10.5 |
|
Nuclear generation |
75.0 |
77.0 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
|
Oil, diesel and jet fuel generation |
161.3 |
185.2 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
|
Biogas generation |
0.375 |
0.375 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Recovered energy generation |
44.0 |
44.0 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
|
Wind generation |
456.9 |
456.9 |
12.1 |
11.2 |
|
Total generation online by EOY 2010 |
3,790.6 |
4,090.3 |
|
|
|
Owned generation |
2,869.33 |
2,933.0 |
75.7 |
71.7 |
|
Purchased generation |
871.2 |
1,157.3 |
24.3 |
28.3 |
|
Committed projects (2011 > beyond) |
911.4 |
940.6 |
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Maximum capability in megawatts (MW)
|
Fuel |
Resources |
Locations |
Summer |
Winter |
Owns |
Operates |
Purchased |
|
Coal |
Dry Fork Station |
Gillette, WY |
361 |
385 |
|
|
Completion: 2011 |
|
Gas |
Deer Creek Station |
Elkton, SD |
294 |
300 |
|
|
Completion: 2012 |
|
Wind |
Baldwin Wind Project |
Baldwin, ND |
100 |
100 |
NextEra Energy | ||
|
Wind |
Harvest Wind |
Blair, SD |
20 |
20 |
Harvest Wind LLC | ||
|
Wind |
South Dakota Wind Partners |
White Lake, SD |
151.5 |
151.5 |
South Dakota Wind Partners | ||
|
Wind |
PrairieWinds SD 1 |
White Lake, SD |
10.5 |
10.5 |
|
|
Subsidiary: PrairieWinds SD 1 |
|
|
|
System |
Joint Ownership |
Total |
BEPC |
BEPC |
BEPC |
|
Integrated System |
Basin Electric, Western Area Power |
9,314 |
1,419 |
1,342 |
205 |
|
Common Use System |
Basin Electric, Black Hills Power, |
841 |
275 |
279 |
4 |
|
MBPP System |
Basin Electric, Tri-State G&T, WMPA, |
681 |
288 |
301 |
0 |
|
Other |
33 |
178 |
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|
Basin Electric Total |
2,015 |
2,100 |
222 | ||
|
*BEPC stands for Basin Electric Power Cooperative | |||||
Contact Us
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
1717 East Interstate Avenue
Bismarck ND 58503
Tel: 701.223.0441
Fax: 701.557.5346
www.basinelectric.com
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