Deer Creek Station Energy Facility Project

Basin Electric proposes to construct, own, operate, and maintain the Deer Creek Station Energy Facility Project, a 300-MW, combined-cycle, natural gas generation facility, water pipeline, transmission lines, transmission interconnection(s), and other associated facilities, all in Brookings and Deuel counties in eastern South Dakota. The purpose of the proposed Project is to help serve increased load demand for electric power in the eastern portion of Basin Electric's service area. The need for additional generating capacity is driven by the increasing electrical power usage of the Basin Electric membership consumers.

Basin Electric has requested interconnection with Western’s electric transmission system at White Substation, located in Brookings County, South Dakota.

Western seeks comments by April 7

Western needs your comments to help define the scope and alternatives for an environmental impact statement on the proposed Deer Creek Station Energy Facility Project. Comments on the proposed project should be received by April 7.  Submit written comments to:

Mr. Matt Marsh
NEPA Document Manager
Western Area Power Administration
Upper Great Plains Customer Service Region
P.O. Box 35800
Billings, MT 59107-5800

or e-mail comments to DeerCreekStationEIS@wapa.gov

Project updates and documents

Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (54 kb pdf)

Project description (3.8 MB pdf)

Feb. 24, 2009, scoping meeting advertisement (734 kb pdf)

Scoping meeting materials

• Environmental resources poster (466 kb pdf)
• Generation facility operations poster (200 kb pdf)
• Land and easement acquisitions poster (399 db pdf)
• NEPA process poster (795 kb pdf)
• Project alternatives poster 872 kb pdf)
• Project overview poster (260 kb pdf)