Dakota Coal Company
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The Dakota Coal Company is the company the controls the lignite
reserve rights in the state of North Dakota
, and finances the Freedom Mine in Beulah, North Dakota
. Dakota Coal Company provides services to Basin Electric’s Antelope Valley Station, Leland Olds Station, and Dakota Gasification Company
’s Great Plains Synfuels Plant. The Dakota Coal Company is a subsidiary of Basin Electric Power Cooperative
in Bismarck, North Dakota
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Lignite
Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, or Rosebud coal by Northern Pacific Railroad,is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat...
reserve rights in the state of North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....
, and finances the Freedom Mine in Beulah, North Dakota
Beulah, North Dakota
At the 2000 census, there were 3,152 people, 1,213 households, and 851 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,307.8 inhabitants per square mile . There were 1,475 housing units at an average density of 612.0 per square mile...
. Dakota Coal Company provides services to Basin Electric’s Antelope Valley Station, Leland Olds Station, and Dakota Gasification Company
Dakota Gasification Company
The Dakota Gasification Company started in 1984 in Beulah, North Dakota with the Great Plains Synfuels Plant. The plant uses lignite coal to make synthetic natural gas using coal gasification. 16 thousand tons of coal are processed daily. The synthetic natural gas is piped to the Northern Border...
’s Great Plains Synfuels Plant. The Dakota Coal Company is a subsidiary of Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Basin Electric Power Cooperative is a wholesale electric generation and transmission cooperative based in North Dakota that provides electricity to 2.8 million customers in nine U.S. states. The roots of the cooperative go back to 1960 when Leland Olds and ten power suppliers created Giant Power...
in Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city's population was 61,272 at the 2010 census, while its metropolitan population was 108,779...
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Board of directors
- Chairman Dean McCabe District 8
- Vice Chairman Reuben Ritthaler District 10
- Treasurer Gary Drost District 2
- Director Roberta Rohrer District 6
- Director Kermit Pearson District 1
- Director Eugene Appeldorn District 9