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Antelope Valley Station

• 589,811 horsepower per unit
• Annual fuel consumption: 5.5 million tons of pulverized lignite (station total)
• Boiler height: 277 feet
• Construction costs: $1.9 billion
• Fuel supply: Lignite coal supplied by Dakota Coal Company, produced at the Freedom Mine
• Hourly fuel consumption: 350 tons of pulverized lignite (per unit
• Water supply: Lake Sakakawea

Cooperatives - General

• Nearly 1,000 electric cooperatives own and maintain nearly half the electric distribution lines in the USA
• These 1,000 electric co-ops cover 75 percent of the U.S. land mass and provide electricity to 36 million people
• Cooperatives operate in agriculture, childcare, health care, insurance, housing, purchasing, shared services, telecommunications and other industries
• About 30 percent of farmers' products in the U.S. are marketed through 3,400 farmer-owned cooperatives
• U.S. co-ops serve 120 million members, or 4 in 10 Americans

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