Ranges at home on the range depend on Basin Electric Power Cooperative, as do other electric-powered items in nine states from Montana to Iowa to New Mexico. The regional, consumer-owned power generation and transmission co-op generates about 2,400 MW of capacity (mostly coal-fired) for 124 rural electric member systems, which serve 1.8 million people. It generates an additional 1,000 MW for participants in the Missouri Basin Power Project. Basin Electric's subsidiaries include Dakota Gasification (produces natural gas from coal), Dakota Coal (markets lignite and limestone), Basin Telecommunications (Internet access), Basin Cooperative Services (property management), and Granite Peak Energy (power marketing).
Basin Electric Power Cooperative Address
1717 East Interstate Avenue Bismarck, ND United States