Power

BISMARCK – Basin Electric Power Cooperative named Paul Sukut as its new chief executive officer on Tuesday, at the same time announcing that former CEO and general manager Andy Serri had resigned. A news release from the company did not specify Serri’s reasons for resigning....

Power has been restored to all of Dickinson after many were without power from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Three of five substations were down, causing a power outage for about 60 percent of residents, said Mark Hanson of MDU Resources Group. "We’ve ruled out system load and substation...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved a $350 million wind farm in Stutsman County after the project’s developer made changes to accommodate an aerial spraying business. The Courtenay Wind Farm will encompass 21,000 acres with 100 wind turbines...

BISMARCK — Basin Electric today signed two power purchase agreements associated with the development of two new wind projects in southwest North Dakota. The combined capacity is 278 megawatts. Infinity Wind Power of Santa Barbara, Calif., is developing the Sunflower Wind...

Slope Electric Cooperative linemen and contractors are continuing to focus on getting power back on in the Cedar Butte, Mott and Haynes substations after the snowstorm that came through last Friday. The cooperative reported Thursday morning that there are more than 70 contractors...

NEW ENGLAND -- Slope Electric Cooperative continues to have approximately 250 members without power after a weekend winter storm dumped as much as 3 feet of heavy, wet snow on portions of southwest North Dakota, breaking power poles and lines, and disrupting electric service throughout...

FARGO -- Xcel Energy is proposing two new natural gas-fired power plants 70 miles south of here to meet electricity needs at times of peak demand. If approved by regulators, the two units, each capable of generating up to 215 megawatts of electricity, would be built near Hankinson...

GRAND FORKS -- The outgoing Congress on Jan.

A brief power outage in Dickinson was likely caused by an attempt to switch lines to do maintenance work, Montana-Dakota Utilities Spokesman Mark Hanson said. Crews were switching from one line to another when power went out at 10:37 this morning for much of west and downtown Dickinson....

Dickinson residents north of 21st Street may have slept through a power outage that occurred early Friday morning, due to a tripped breaker in the New Hradec Substation caused by a cable fault. Roughrider Electric Cooperative, the utility that covers that area of town, received...