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Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV now in operation

  • 03 September 2025
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Basin Electric leaders join Mitsubishi for signing ceremony

  • 03 September 2025
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Basin Electric visits Idaho National Laboratory

  • 04 June 2025

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Foss retires after 47 years; change in leadership

  • 03 September 2025

After 47 years with Basin Electric, Mark Foss has retired.

Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV now in operation

  • 03 September 2025

After years of planning, construction, and teamwork, Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV (PGSIV) is now officially complete, marking a major...

North Dakota PSC approves Basin Electric’s site compatibility application for Bison Generation Station

  • 03 September 2025

The North Dakota Public Service Commission (NDPSC) approved Basin Electric’s application for a certificate of site compatibility for Bison...

Basin Electric leaders join Mitsubishi for signing ceremony

  • 03 September 2025

Eight Basin representatives traveled to Savannah Machinery Works in Pooler, Georgia, where Mitsubishi will manufacture two state-of-the-art gas...

Basin Electric, members discuss powering progress at 2025 Annual Meeting

  • 03 September 2025

Basin Electric held its 2025 Annual Meeting on Aug. 13 in Bismarck, North Dakota, bringing together hundreds of members and stakeholders to discuss...

2025 Basin Electric Annual Meeting: know before you go

  • 06 August 2025

Before you attend Basin Electric’s 2025 Annual Meeting of the Membership Meeting on Aug. 12-14, here are a few helpful reminders.

Member Managers gathered for Basin Electric’s summer Member Managers Conference

  • 06 August 2025

Member cooperative managers and Basin Electric staff gathered for the 2025 summer Member Managers Conference in Deadwood, South Dakota, on July...

Basin Electric monitors regulations governing power plant emissions

  • 06 August 2025

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to revisit several major regulations governing power plant emissions. This is part of its...

Basin Electric improves wind performance with repowering project

  • 06 August 2025

Over the next two years, Basin Electric will repower its cooperative-owned wind turbines in North and South Dakota in support of its...

Basin Electric production team help member co-ops with their annual meetings

  • 06 August 2025

As Basin Electric gears up for its annual meeting, the cooperative’s audio/visual and graphic design teams have already been busy helping member...

Basin Electric’s TSM crew repairs storm damage to Minnkota Power

  • 06 August 2025

When an early-summer storm swept across the North Dakota prairie in late June, it caused damage to utility equipment and structures belonging to...

Basin Electric plans ahead for active hurricane season

  • 06 August 2025

In response to heightened 2025 hurricane forecasts, the cooperative is boosting its logistics, reducing exposure to commodity risks, and focusing...

Foster Care: showing up, over and over, with open arms and an open heart

  • Jenifer Gray
  • 05 August 2025

When Drew Milas, Basin Electric supervisor of compliance and GIS application, and his wife Keri, became foster parents in 2001, they never imagined...

Why Basin? Good environment, people, and pay

  • Andrew Weeks
  • 09 July 2025

Korrigan Look’s official title is Service Dispatcher I, a position at the cooperative’s headquarters in Bismarck, North Dakota, that he says...

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...

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