Basin Electric Coop

Great River Energy is a not-for-profit wholesale electric power cooperative based in Bismarck, North Dakota, serving 26 member-owner distribution cooperatives and a customer base of 1.7 million people. The organization focuses on providing reliable, cleaner electricity while ensuring affordable rates and actively explores innovative ways to serve its members through various initiatives. With a commitment to sustainability, Great River Energy aims for its energy mix to consist of nearly half renewable resources by 2025, resulting in significant benefits for its members. The cooperative's diverse resource portfolio and ongoing projects underscore its dedication to enhancing energy reliability and community impact. Generated from the website

Founded in 1961, Basin Electric Power Cooperative is one of the largest, nonprofit electric generation and transmission companies in the United States. The company delivers electricity to wholesale customers that include more than 120 member systems. It owns and operates switchyards and substations and over 1,800 miles of high-voltage transmission lines. Basin Electric Power Cooperative also manages nearly 100 telecommunication sites. Its service area includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Montana and New Mexico. The company operates various subsidiaries, such as Dakota Gasification Company, Souris Valley Pipeline, Dakota Coal Company, Montana Limestone Company and Basin Telecommunications. Basin Electric Power Cooperative has a work force of more than 1,900 employees.

Dakota Coal Company controls rights to lignite reserves throughout North Dakota. The company provides financing and marketing services to the Freedom Mine. It produces lime reagent products. It also manages the Montana Limestone Company and the Wyoming Lime Producers. It is a subsidiary of Basin Electric Power Cooperative, a wholesale power supply company. Basin Electric Power Cooperative and its subsidiaries employ more than 1,800 employees. It generates and transmits electricity throughout the United States. It produces and markets valuable byproducts and coproducts, such as phenol, anhydrous ammonia, ammonium sulfate, carbon dioxide, liquid nitrogen and naphtha. Dakota Coal Company is located in Bismarck, N.D.