Distribution Cooperatives
- Sixteen distribution cooperatives serve 250,000 North Dakotans through 196,000 meters
- Own 61,000 miles of distribution power lines
- Sell the majority of all retail electricity in North Dakota
- Invested $1 billion in distribution facilities
- Employ more than 650 people
- All operate as non-profit, member-owned enterprises
Generation & Transmission Cooperatives
- Five generation and transmission cooperatives operate in North Dakota
- Own 4,200 miles of transmission line
- Represents nearly 90% of all coal-based generation
- Invested more than $5 billion in North Dakota's energy industry
- Employ approximately 1,600 people in North Dakota
- Invested more than $2 billion in environmental equipment and controls.