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Community commitment

Basin Electric fulfills its commitment to community through sponsoring programs/groups including: Burning Hills Singers Co-op Day Norsk Hostfest Missouri Slope United Way National Energy Center of Excellence St. Baldrick's Basin Electric is a Touchstone Energy® Cooperative.

Basin Electric and its subsidiaries are committed to the communities where our people and members work and live. Those communities have supported us throughout the years by providing a strong workforce, essential services and a sense of pride.

In appreciation for that support, Basin Electric expresses its cooperative spirit by extending a helping hand to our members and communities by donating time and funds to educational, charitable, fine arts and medical organizations.

Employees also give of their time and talents through volunteer service and financial support. The cooperative ideal means working together to benefit the needs and requirements of all cooperative members.

We are giving back to our communities through various activities that are based on three important values:

• Community development and enrichment
• Employees in action
• Education and youth development

Cooperative spirit

Basin Electric CEO and General Manager Ron Harper shaves the head of Don Franklund, Mor-Gran-Sou Electric, during St. Baldrick's Day.

Basin Electric's cooperative roots have a big impact on its commitment to community. Owned by our members and governed by member representatives, the cooperative spirit is present in the day-to-day operations of Basin Electric. One way we celebrate our rural begninning is through joining other cooperatives across the state in sponsoring Co-op Day.

Supporting our members

Basin Electric is a Touchstone Energy® Cooperative. Part of this committment is providing and supporting member programs. Additionally, Basin Electric and several of its member systems join with Touchstone Energy® is sponsoring major events like the Norsk Hostfest as well as the Burning Hills Singers of the Medora Musical.

Basin Electric and its employees do a great deal to help those in need through support of events like St. Baldrick's Day and functions held by the Missouri Slope Areawide United Way. Both foundations have a large impact on the lives of those they touch with helping hands.

Charitable giving

Donations made by Basin Electric's charitable giving program fall into five categories:

• Mike Moos, coalman at AVS, has gained much from Basin Electric's relationship with Bismarck State College and the National Energy Center of Excellence.

  Education and youth development
• Community development and enrichment
• Health and human services
• Cultural and arts
• Miscellaneous

For more information on applying for funding, visit the Charitable Giving section.

A promise for the future

Educating our nation's youth is also important to the cooperative as young people comprise the workforce of the future. With growing demands on the energy industry expanding the amount and type of work required by energy field professionals, Basin Electric is stepping up to the plate to help provide energy related education opportunities. In an effort to do so, Basin Electric made the lead pledge of $2 million toward the National Energy Center of Excellence.

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