Basin Electric Power Cooperative has
started work on a natural gas-fueled plant that will help meet the
oil industry's electric power demands.
The Pioneer station will be built about 15 miles northwest of
Williston. It will be near a natural gas processing plant that's
also under construction.
They'll both be tied into a rural cooperative electric
substation.
Project manager Myron Steckler says the new Pioneer station will
be capable of generating 45 megawatts of power.
Basin hopes to have it operating by early 2013.
Natural gas has become a more popular fuel for electric
generation because its price has been going down in recent months.
Basin Electric is based in Bismarck. It supplies wholesale power
to rural electric cooperative customers.
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