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Basin Electric visits Idaho National Laboratory

  • 04 June 2025
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Basin Electric receives presidential exemption

  • 04 June 2025
Todd Brickhouse with fellow Cooperative leaders

Brickhouse attends executive order signing at White House

  • 17 April 2025

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Basin Electric discusses Bison Generation Station during North Dakota Public Service Commission hearing.

  • 03 July 2025

The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) held a public hearing on June 30 in Williston, North Dakota, to discuss various aspects of Basin...

Basin Electric's LOS-to-Tande transmission project begins

  • 02 July 2025

Construction began in early June on the foundations for a new 345-kilovolt transmission line that will span 162 miles across northwest North Dakota.

Basin Electric team visits credit rating agencies in New York

  • 02 July 2025

Members of the Basin Electric leadership team visited three major credit rating agencies in May in New York City.

Keynote speaker announced for 2025 Basin Electric Annual Meeting

  • 02 July 2025

Mark Mills will deliver the keynote address on August 13 at Basin Electric’s 2025 Annual Meeting of the Membership.

Basin Electric enters tolling agreement with Panamint Capital

  • 02 July 2025

Basin Electric has signed a 15-year tolling agreement with Panamint Capital for the offtake of energy from a combined-cycle, natural gas-fired...

East River Electric Power Cooperative hosts 2025 joint board meeting with Basin Electric

  • 02 July 2025

Joint board meetings allow Basin Electric’s Board of Directors to meet with members at the local level and provide insight into members’ needs.

2025 Basin Electric Resolutions Committee meets

  • 02 July 2025

The Basin Electric Resolutions Committee, made up of representatives from each of Basin Electric's districts and a Basin Electric board member, had...

Registration open for the 2025 Basin Electric Annual Meeting

  • 02 July 2025

Registration is now open for the 2025 Basin Electric Annual Meeting of the Membership.

Basin Electric announces large load commercial program

  • 27 June 2025

In collaboration with its membership, Basin Electric has developed a Large Load Program designed to ensure that the costs and risks associated with...

Basin Electric visits Idaho National Laboratory

  • 04 June 2025

On May 19, 2025, a team of engineers, communicators, and planners from Basin Electric traveled to Idaho Falls, Idaho, to visit the Idaho National...

Reclamation starts on Basin Electric's Roundup-to-Kummer Ridge transmission line

  • 04 June 2025

Basin Electric has begun reclaiming land along its 32.5-mile Roundup-to-Kummer Ridge transmission line in North Dakota, aiming to restore areas...

Basin Electric receives presidential exemption

  • 04 June 2025

U.S. President Trump signed a Proclamation exempting select companies that had applied for an exemption from the new Mercury and Air Toxics...

Basin Electric members connect with lawmakers at 2025 NRECA Legislative Conference

  • 04 June 2025

Members across Basin Electric attended the 2025 Legislative Conference hosted by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) in...

Basin Electric navigates supply and demand with new tariffs

  • 04 June 2025

According to Jon Klein, Basin Electric’s vice president of Procurement, projects have remained on schedule, but in some cases the cooperative has...

Basin Electric team focused on three shared cooperative goals

  • 04 June 2025

Each year, Basin Electric sets three shared cooperative goals to keep the entire team focused on the cooperative’s top priorities. The three shared...

Basin Electric names Jim Horan as senior vice president and general counsel

  • 29 May 2025

Basin Electric Power Cooperative announced today Jim Horan will join the cooperative as senior vice president and general counsel effective July 7,...

South Dakota TSM team donates trucks to local fire department

  • Andrew Weeks
  • 26 May 2025

A Basin Electric Transmission System Maintenance (TSM) team in South Dakota recently donated used trucks to a local fire department. It is the...

Stay Basin! Growth and leadership opportunities, work-life balance

  • Andrew Weeks
  • 20 May 2025

Braden Fagenbush started full-time with the cooperative in 2014 at the Laramie River Station near Wheatland, Wyoming, but before that he worked for...

A fulfilling career: after four decades, Dale Johnson says goodbye to Dakota Gas

  • Andrew Weeks
  • 20 May 2025

After 40 years with Dakota Gasification Company (Dakota Gas), a subsidiary of Basin Electric, Dale Johnson is now enjoying the next phase of his...

A new chapter in Basin Electric's energy mix

  • Alison Kirsch
  • 20 May 2025

As solar adoption increases across the country, Basin Electric is participating in the all-of-the-above energy landscape through its involvement in...

Turn up the volume and the hair with The Big Hair Show

  • Jenifer Gray
  • 20 May 2025

Chris Kurle, Basin Electric manager of Purchasing, is making waves with her own show, bringing passion, personality, and a unique voice to the...

How We Serve with the communication technician team

  • Kalli Senske
  • 19 May 2025

The communication technicians at Transmission Systems Maintenance play a fundamental role in keeping Basin Electric’s telecom networks strong. They...

Staying the course amid policy and regulation changes, Basin Electric remains focused

  • Andrew Weeks
  • 19 May 2025

A change in federal administration means changes to policies and regulations that often impact cooperatives, including Basin Electric.

Powering the future

  • Todd Brickhouse
  • 19 May 2025

In his latest CEO column, Todd Brickhouse discusses how transmission and technology work go hand in hand to deliver safe, reliable power for our...

Medora: A brighter future powered by partnership

  • Erin Becker
  • 19 May 2025

Roughrider Electric is preparing for increased tourism loads in the Medora area and is expanding its capacity to strengthen reliability.

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