Dakota, Iowa utilities propose 600-MW coal plant

Knoxville (Platts Coal Trader) 16 January 2004

Five Upper Great Plains utilities are exploring five sites in North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa for a 600-MW coal-fired power project that could come on line between 2012 and 2014. The coalition of Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Montana-Dakota Utilities, Minnkota Power Cooperative, Missouri River Energy Services and Heartland Consumers Power District said Wednesday that they banded together “to capture the economies of scale necessary to provide low-cost reliable power and to mitigate the risks associated with developing a large resource.” The coalition also may develop 100 MW of wind energy.