McKenzie Electric Cooperative, Inc. (MEC) is a rural electric cooperative based in Watford City, North Dakota. It services portions of McKenzie, Dunn, Billings, Golden Valley and Mercer Counties in North Dakota and Richland and Wibaux Counties in Montana. MEC is a member of the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives.
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McKenzie County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,704. Its county seat is Watford City.
Watford City, founded in 1914, is a city in and the county seat of McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 6,207 at the 2020 census, making it the 13th most populous city in North Dakota. Because Watford City is part of the Bakken field, the North Dakota oil boom has significantly increased population and construction since the 2010 census.
Verendrye Electric Cooperative is a public utility cooperative based in Velva, North Dakota, but also has a service center in Minot. It serves rural consumers across a seven-county area in north central North Dakota, but the bulk of its service area lies within Ward and McHenry counties. Verendrye Electric receives power from the Central Power Electric Cooperative – in fact, Verendrye took the lead in establishing Central Power in 1949 after having to deal with a 30% rate hike from its previous power supplier in 1948.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative is a wholesale electric generation and transmission cooperative based in North Dakota that provides electricity to 3 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 Cooperative. Giant Power was first going to be a generation and transmission cooperative, but to keep electricity cheaper for rural customers, Basin Electric Power Cooperative was started in 1961. Today, Basin Electric's power sources include coal, natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, waste heat, and nuclear. The current CEO and General Manager is Todd Telesz. A subsidiary of Basin Electric, Dakota Gasification Company, operates the Great Plains Synfuels Plant, which captures and sequesters nearly 50% of its carbon dioxide emissions in a system developed during the Carter administration. In 2005, the membership of Basin Electric passed a resolution requiring 10 percent of electricity demand to be provided by renewable forms of energy. At the end of 2009, Basin Electric finished construction on a 77 turbine wind energy project.
McKenzie is an unincorporated community in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States. It lies approximately 20 miles east of Bismarck along I-94/US 83.
Central Power Electric Cooperative is a North Dakota-based electrical generation and transmission cooperative founded in 1949 and which is based in Minot, North Dakota. Central Power purchases power from Basin Electric Power Cooperative to serve its six-member rural electric cooperatives. It also built the William J. Neal Station near Voltaire, ND in 1951 to meet its members' needs, with the power being delivered over the lines of the Otter Tail Power Company. When Central Power joined Basin Electric, Neal Station was transferred to Basin as a condition of membership. In its later years, Neal Station was modified to burn sunflower seed hulls in addition to lignite coal, but had been decommissioned and removed by the early 2000s.
Northern Plains Electric Cooperative is a public utility cooperative based in Carrington and Cando, North Dakota. It serves as the electric distribution utility in a portion of east central North Dakota. It receives power from the Central Power Electric Cooperative.
Capital Electric Cooperative is a public utility cooperative based in Bismarck, North Dakota. It serves customers throughout rural Burleigh County and portions of Sheridan and Emmons Counties. It is a member of, and receives power from the Central Power Electric Cooperative.
McLean Electric Cooperative is a public utility cooperative based in Garrison, North Dakota. It serves rural consumers in McLean County and portions of Sheridan and Mountrail counties. It receives power from the Central Power Electric Cooperative.
North Central Electric Cooperative is a rural electric cooperative based in Bottineau, North Dakota. It serves rural consumers in Bottineau County and portions of the counties bordering it. It receives power from the Central Power Electric Cooperative.
Minnkota Power Cooperative is an electrical generation and transmission cooperative based in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It wholesales electric power to rural electric cooperatives in North Dakota and Minnesota.
Cavalier Rural Electric Cooperative is a public utility cooperative based in Langdon, North Dakota. It serves as the electric distribution utility in a portion of northeast North Dakota, mainly within Cavalier and northern Ramsey counties. Its power supplier is Minnkota Power Cooperative.
Nodak Electric Cooperative is a public utility cooperative based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and provides electricity to rural customers and small towns across a portion of northeast North Dakota, and is a member of Minnkota Power Cooperative.
Cass County Electric Cooperative is a public utility cooperative based in Fargo, North Dakota. It serves as the electric distribution utility in a portion of southeast North Dakota, with service stretching from Fargo to Eckelson. It receives power from the Minnkota Power Cooperative.
Orville "Ike" W. Hagen was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota under Governor William Guy, and as the state's first North Dakota Commissioner of Labor from 1966 to 1986 when he lost his bid for re-election to Byron Knutson. He tried to run on the Republican Party ticket for Governor of North Dakota in 1980, but was defeated in the primary by Allen I. Olson.
Cartwright is an unincorporated community in northwestern McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States. The community is named for Samuel George Cartwright, a rancher, trapper, and hunter who was the first settler in the area. Also local river pirate, Tom Voll. Cartwright lies along North Dakota Highway 200, west of the city of Watford City, the county seat of McKenzie County.
Verendrye was a historic unincorporated community in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States, located approximately eight miles (13 km) northwest of Karlsruhe and 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Velva within Falsen Township. Although classified by the USGS as a populated place, it is considered a ghost town.
SRT Communications is the largest telecommunications cooperative in North Dakota, serving over 99,000 people with Internet, Security Alarm and Video Surveillance, and Business Phone Systems and services.
