Sauer named Senior Vice-President
Dave Sauer will direct Basin Electric's new Administration department.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- February 23, 2011
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| Dave Sauer |
Bismarck, N.D. – Ron Harper, Basin Electric CEO and general manager, announced his selection of the senior vice president of Administration at Headquarters on Feb. 14.
Dave Sauer, formerly manager of process operations at the Great Plains Synfuels Plant, will direct Basin Electric’s new Administration department, including both parent and subsidiary human resources, information systems and telecommunications (IS&T), corporate services, internal auditing, and procurement divisions.
Harper’s appointment of Sauer follows a realignment of duties and responsibilities in several areas of the cooperative completed on Jan. 11, 2011.
Sauer has been employed with Dakota Gas for more than 22 years in various positions with extensive experience within the Basin Electric family. A graduate of North Dakota State University with a major in mechanical engineering, Sauer has worked as both a maintenance and construction engineer and supervisor during his tenure with Dakota Gas. His work included participation in the design, construction and start up of both the flue gas scrubber unit and anhydrous ammonia plant at Great Plains Synfuels Plant near Beulah, ND. For 12 years Sauer was maintenance manager and in 2010 he assumed responsibility for overseeing process operations. Sauer lives in Hazen, ND, with his wife Deb.
About Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Basin Electric is a consumer-owned, regional cooperative headquartered in Bismarck, N.D. It generates and transmits electricity to 135 member rural electric systems in nine states: Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. These member systems distribute electricity to about 2.8 million consumers.
For more information, go to www.basinelectric.com.
Headquarters
1717 East Interstate Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58503-0564 USA
Phone: 701.223.0441
Basin Electric Power Cooperative will provide cost-effective wholesale energy along with products and services that support and unite rural America.