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At a Glance

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.

Basin Electric Generation Portfolio

Summary

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 Capability %	Winter Capability %
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
In 2009, renewable and green generation (wind and recovered energy generation) equaled 3.6 percent of total energy mix. Note: The actual renewable energy attributes (aka green tags or RECs) of much of that generation was sold to others and no claims of environmental attributes may be claimed for any part of Basin Electric’s power supply, unless those attributes are assigned to the power claimed as green or renewable. (February 2010) In 2009, coal-based generation equaled 94.4 percent of total energy mix. In 2009, renewable and green generation (wind, biogas and recovered energy generation) equaled 4.0 percent of member and retail sales. Note:The actual renewable energy attributes (aka green tags or RECs) of much of that generation was sold to others and no claims of environmental attributes may be claimed for any part of Basin Electric’s power supply, unless those attributes are assigned to the power claimed as green or renewable.

Generation Portfolio July 2010

Committed Projects for 2011 and beyond

Maximum capability in megawatts (MW)

Fuel	Resources	Locations	Summer	Winter	Owns	Operates	Purchased Power
Coal	Dry Fork Station	Gillette, WY	361	385	92.9 % Share		Completion: 2011
Gas	Deer Creek Station	Elkton, SD	294	300			Completion: 2012
Wind	Baldwin Wind Project	Baldwin, ND	100	100			NextEra Energy Completion: 2010
Wind	Harvest Wind	Blair, SD	20	20			Harvest Wind LLC Completion 2011
Wind	South Dakota Wind Partners	White Lake, SD	151.5	151.5			South Dakota Wind Partners Completion 2011
Wind	PrairieWinds SD 1	White Lake, SD	10.5	10.5			Subsidiary: PrairieWinds SD 1 Completion: 2011

Committed projects July 2010

Basin Electric Transmission Systems

System	Joint Ownership	Total Circuit Miles	BEPC Owned	BEPC Maintained	BEPC Planned
Integrated System	Basin Electric, Western Area Power Administration, Heartland Consumers PowerDistrict	9,314	1,419	1,342	205
Common Use System	Basin Electric, Black Hills Power, Powder River Energy Corporation (PRECorp)	841	275	279	4
MBPP System	Basin Electric, Tri-State G&T, WMPA, MRES, Lincoln Electric, Heartland Consumers Power District	681	288	301	0
Other			33	178
Basin Electric Total			2,015	2,100	222
*BEPC stands for Basin Electric Power Cooperative

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Basin Electric Power Cooperative
1717 East Interstate Avenue
Bismarck ND 58503

Tel: 701.223.0441
Fax: 701.557.5346
www.basinelectric.com

Subsidiaries

Dakota Gasification Company, which operates the Great Plains Synfuels Plant near Beulah, ND. Souris Valley Pipeline LTD, a subsidiary of Dakota Gas, delivers carbon dioxide to an oil field for enhanced oil recovery.
Dakota Coal Company, which is the fuel supplier for the Synfuels Plant, Antelope Valley Station, and Leland Olds Station. Wyoming Lime Producers, a division of Dakota Coal, owns a lime processing plant near Frannie, WY. Montana Limestone Company (MLC), a subsidiary of Dakota Coal, is a limestone quarry operator near Warren, MT.
Basin Telecommunications Inc. (BTInet), a for-profit subsidiary of Basin Electric, provides telecommunications and Internet services.
Souris Valley Pipeline Ltd., a for-profit subsidiary of Dakota Gas, delivers CO2 to two Canadian oil fields for enhanced oil recovery.
PrairieWinds ND 1 Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of Basin Electric, will own, build, and operate wind generation in North Dakota.
PrairieWinds SD 1 Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of Basin Electric, will own, build, and operate wind generation in South Dakota.
Basin Cooperative Services, a not-for-profit subsidiary of Basin Electric, acquires resources and services for electric plant generation.