Owner profile

Basin Electric Power Coop

Basin Electric Power Coop owns or operates 17 generating facilities commissioned between 1966 and 2013, with a combined nameplate capacity of 5.74 GW. The largest share of capacity is coal (69%), spread across 4 states.

Ownership reflects the utility or operator reported to EIA (Form EIA-860); equity ownership of individual facilities may differ.

17
Plants
5.74 GW
Total capacity
4
States
1.86 GW
Largest: Laramie River Station

Capacity mix

Coal 68.9%Natural Gas 23.8%Wind 5.0%Oil 2.4%

By state

Montana1 · 108.2 MWNorth Dakota6 · 2.39 GWSouth Dakota5 · 840 MWWyoming5 · 2.41 GW

Operating plants

PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Laramie River StationCoalWyomingBasin Electric Power Coop1.86 GW
Antelope ValleyCoalNorth DakotaBasin Electric Power Coop954 MW
Leland OldsCoalNorth DakotaBasin Electric Power Coop656 MW
Dry Fork StationCoalWyomingBasin Electric Power Coop483.7 MW
Lonesome Creek StationNatural GasNorth DakotaBasin Electric Power Coop363 MW
Deer Creek StationNatural GasSouth DakotaBasin Electric Power Coop324 MW
Pioneer Generation StationNatural GasNorth DakotaBasin Electric Power Coop293.1 MW
Groton Generation StationNatural GasSouth DakotaBasin Electric Power Coop216.4 MW
Prairie Winds SD1WindSouth DakotaBasin Electric Power Coop162 MW
Spirit MoundOilSouth DakotaBasin Electric Power Coop135 MW
Prairie Winds ND1WindNorth DakotaBasin Electric Power Coop115.5 MW
Culbertson Generation StationNatural GasMontanaBasin Electric Power Coop108.2 MW
Barber CreekNatural GasWyomingBasin Electric Power Coop22.5 MW
HartzogNatural GasWyomingBasin Electric Power Coop22.5 MW
ArvadaNatural GasWyomingBasin Electric Power Coop15 MW
Minot Wind ProjectWindNorth DakotaBasin Electric Power Coop4.5 MW
Retired plants (1)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Chamberlain Wind Projectretired 2023WindSouth DakotaBasin Electric Power Coop2.6 MW