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This is 100% to support the growing energy needs in the Bakken. The project won't become operational until 2030. Think about.
Will be sited between Epping and Ray, ND.
North Dakota Monitor: state green lights natural gas power plant. Link here. Post 4:30 a.m. Friday, August 8, 2025.
North Dakota utility regulators on Thursday approved plans for a large natural-gas power plant that could become the largest single source of electricity in the state.
Public Service Commission Chair Randy Christmann said Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s plan is well-suited to Williams County and provides the first additional baseload power in 45 years.
“This is huge,” Christmann said, noting it would be the largest single plant in the state.
The nearly $4 billion project near Epping is planned to be built in two sections, with the first starting to generate power in 2029 and the second in 2030. Each unit would be capable of generating 745 megawatts of power.
The Bison Generation Station would burn natural gas, which Christmann said would benefit North Dakota’s oil and gas industry. It also would generate power by using steam produced by the plant to turn turbines — making it the first combined cycle power plant in the state.
In a June hearing, Basin Electric officials said the project was not developed to meet energy demands of data centers.
This is 100% to support the growing energy needs in the Bakken. The project won't become operational until 2030. Think about.
Basin Electric future projects will be needed to meet the needs of data centers.
From KFYR: link here.
Several large-scale industrial projects are coming to northwest North Dakota. With them comes the need for more power.
Officials with Basin Electric Power Cooperative met with the Public Service Commission in Williston on Monday to discuss how they plan to keep up with demand going forward.
With several planned data centers, oil and gas-related projects and potential residential growth in the region, making sure the lights stay on is important. Officials at Basin Electric said the proposed Bison Generation Station between Epping and Ray will help keep up with an ever-growing need for electricity.
The big winners? The local public schools. Wow.
“This project will significantly increase Basin Electric’s ability to supply energy capacity in the local area,” said Basin Electric Power Supply Planning Manager Benjamin Hertz.
