NextGen Project

About the NextGen Project

Basin Electric Power Cooperative proposes to construct a 500- to 700-megawatt baseload generation facility to help meet the increased demand for electric power in the eastern portion of Basin Electric’s nine-state service area. Four preliminary location alternatives for the generation facility are being considered: two in the Selby, South Dakota area and two in the Pierre, South Dakota area.

Additional associated facilities include 230/345-kV transmission lines, a 36-inch to 42-inch water pipeline, and a water intake structure along Lake Oahe on the Missouri River.

Basin Electric has applied to interconnect the proposed Project to Western’s electric power transmission system.  Western will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement to address the construction and operation of the proposed Project.

Project updates and documents

Federal Register Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, July 2007
Landowner notification (pdf 2.6 MB)
NEPA process time line
Project timetable
Scoping meeting announcement mailer, August 2007 (pdf 1.4 Mb)
Scoping meeting announcement newspaper ad, August 2007 (pdf 405 kb)

Maps

Project area map, August 2007
Map of Broadland - Storia Transmission Alternatives - 11x17 (North) (pdf 1.2 MB)
Map of Broadland - Storia Transmission Alternatives - 11x17 (South) (pdf 1.2 MB)
Map of Pierre Area Project Alternatives - 11x17 (West) (pdf 1.1 MB)
Map of Pierre Area Project Alternatives - 11x17 (East) (pdf 1.1 MB)
Map of Selby Area Project Alternatives - 11x17 (pdf 1.3 MB)

Environmental Resources (pdf 707 kb)
Generation Facility Operations (pdf 185 kb)
Land and Easement Acquisitions (pdf 887 kb)
NEPA Process (pdf 214 kb)
NextGen Project Alternatives (pdf 1.8 MB)
Project Overview (pdf 2.8 MB)

Public scoping meeting handouts, August 2007

Environmental Resources (pdf 707 kb)
Generation Facility Operations (pdf 185 kb)
Lands and Easement Acquisitions (pdf 1.1 MB)
The Siting Process (pdf 2.8 MB)
Technology Alternatives (pdf 384 kb)