Power plant · North Dakota, United States
Bison Generation Station
Bison Generation Station is a planned gas power plant in North Dakota, United States, with 1,518 MW of capacity, owned by Basin Electric Power Coop.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Dakota | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2029 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Basin Electric Power Coop | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Basin Electric Power Coop | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,518 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Basin Electric Power Coop | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 345 kV | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 48.3279, -103.3127 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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Bison Generation Station is the largest of 8 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in North Dakota and the 13th-largest of 835 in the United States by capacity; its 1,518 MW is 0.54% of the 282,375 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United States. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 1st of 8 | 2,931 MW | 52% |
| United States | 13th of 835 | 282,375 MW | 0.54% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 34th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | 0.23% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 74 oil and gas fields and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelock | Oil and gas field | — | — | 2.4 km |
| East Fork | Oil and gas field | 6,784 boe/day in 2013 | — | 7.7 km |
| Brooklyn | Oil and gas field | — | — | 10 km |
| Atlas Powr Williston Datacenter | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
Owner, operator, grid operator and place
More from Basin Electric Power Coop
- Laramie River Station1,863 MW
- Antelope Valley954 MW
- Pioneer Generation Station897 MW
- Leland Olds656 MW
- Dry Fork Station484 MW
- Red Butte Wind202 MW · planned
- Northern Divide Energy Storage100 MW · planned
Other power plants in North Dakota
- Coal Creek1,216 MW
- Antelope Valley954 MW
- Pioneer Generation Station897 MW
- Milton R Young734 MW
- Leland Olds656 MW
- Garrison583 MW
- Coyote450 MW
- Stanton191 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Apr 2015). EIA Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- North Dakota DMR. North Dakota DMR, Restricted.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.