About

Basin Electric Power Cooperative, headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota, generates and transmits wholesale electric power to 139-member electric cooperatives in nine states: Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Basin Electric operates over 8,400 megawatts of electric generating capacity and maintains over 2,600 miles of high-voltage transmission line as of year-end 2024. Basin Electric’s generating portfolio includes coal, natural gas, oil, hydro, wind, solar, and recovered energy generation. Basin Electric employs over 1,900 people, 359 of whom live in Wyoming, including 73 employees at the Dry Fork Station north of Gillette. For more information, visit www.basinelectric.com.