Basin Electric Power Coop — power plant portfolio
Basin Electric Power Coop operates 17 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 5,584 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 11,588,306 t CO₂/yr.
Fleet by fuel
Fleet interpretation
Basin Electric Power Coop is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is United States of America (17).
The fuel mix by asset count is gas (8), coal (4), wind (4), oil (1). The largest listed asset is Laramie River Station in United States of America (1,710 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 328 MW across units with capacity data.
CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 6 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 4 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.
Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.
All 17 plants
| Plant | Fuel | Country | MW | t CO₂/yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laramie River Station | Coal | United States of America | 1,710 | 10,979,532 |
| Antelope Valley | Coal | United States of America | 954 | — |
| Leland Olds | Coal | United States of America | 656 | — |
| Dry Fork Station | Coal | United States of America | 484 | — |
| Lonesome Creek Station | Gas | United States of America | 366 | — |
| Deer Creek Station | Gas | United States of America | 324 | — |
| Pioneer Generating Station | Gas | United States of America | 293 | 260,040 |
| Groton Generating Station | Gas | United States of America | 216 | 89,416 |
| Prairie Winds SD1 | Wind | United States of America | 162 | — |
| Spirit Mound | Oil | United States of America | 135 | 88,667 |
| Prairie Winds ND1 | Wind | United States of America | 116 | — |
| Culbertson Generation Station | Gas | United States of America | 91 | 137,957 |
| Arvada | Gas | United States of America | 22 | — |
| Barber Creek | Gas | United States of America | 22 | — |
| Hartzog | Gas | United States of America | 22 | 32,694 |
| Minot Wind Project | Wind | United States of America | 7 | — |
| Chamberlain Wind Project | Wind | United States of America | 3 | — |
Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.
Frequently asked questions
How many power plants does Basin Electric Power Coop operate?
Basin Electric Power Coop operates 17 power plants across 1 country, with about 5,584 MW of total capacity.
What is Basin Electric Power Coop's largest power plant?
Laramie River Station in United States of America is its largest at about 1,710 MW.
What types of power plants does Basin Electric Power Coop run?
Its fleet includes gas (8), coal (4), wind (4).
How much CO₂ do Basin Electric Power Coop's plants emit?
Its reporting plants emit about 11,588,306 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.