1. Carbon Capture & Sequestration
Mid-West Electric Consumers Association
Chris VandeVenter
December 2017

2. Past, Present, and Future

3. 16 million MWh 2001 Actual energy generated/
Oil
0.02%
Hydro
1.16%
2001
Actual energy generated/
purchased by fuel type (MWh)
Coal %
Hydro %
Oil %
Natural gas - 0%
Wind - 0%
Recovered energy - 0%
Nuclear - 0%
Unspecified
purchased power - 0%
16 million MWh
Coal
98.82%

4. 29 million MWh 2016 Actual energy generated/
Unspecified
11.8%
2016
Actual energy generated/
purchased by fuel type (MWh)
Coal %
Hydro - 0.7%
Oil - 0%
Natural gas - 6.7%
Wind %
Recovered energy - 1.1%
Nuclear - 1.6%
Unspecified
purchased power %
Nuclear
1.6%
REG
1.1%
Wind
11.3%
Natural Gas
6.7%
Hydro
0.7%
29 million MWh
Coal
66.8%

5. 2015 Carbon Dioxide Footprint
Basin Electric and Dakota Gas combined
35.9 million short tons
Electrical generation represented: 26.8 million MWh
Coal-based and natural gas-based power plants, owned and operated

6. The World is Changing at Basin Electric
Increased wind generation potential
Low natural gas prices
800MW
1,400 MW
Due to changes in load growth in marketplace, Basin Electric’s surplus position is constantly changing.

7. What to do with CO2?

8. CarbonSAFE Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise
Phase 1: Integrated Pre-Feasibility
13 projects - U.S. wide
Phase 2: Storage Complex Feasibility
3 projects - U.S. wide
Phase 3: Site review (surface and pore space owners, environmental studies, rights-of-way)
Phase 4: Permitting and operation of CO2 Sequestration facility

9. Phase 1 Evaluate source, storage and transportation options
Geologic modeling
Collect core and outcrop data
Define storage potential is

10. Phase II Public outreach Drill test characterization well
Geologic core samples
Geophysical testing
Seismic surveys
Assess Long-term liability

11. ND CarbonSAFE Phase II Project
Determine feasibility of a commercial-scale CO2 storage site in central North Dakota
Includes $500K cost share from BEPC
$300K cash (2.2% of project total)
$200K in-kind (1.4% of project total)
Two year project
Two Study Areas
Golden Valley County (Dec)
Center, ND (Jan)

12. Wyoming CarbonSAFE
Integrated commercial carbon capture and storage prefeasibility study at Dry Fork Station
Phase I activities are wrapping up
Phase II application deadline March 2018
Basin Electric supporting Wyoming Carbon Management Institute’s Application to DOE

13. Entities of interest
University of Wyoming’s (UW) Carbon Management Institute
Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC)
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
Wyoming Municipal Power Agency
Office of the Wyoming Governor
Wyoming Infrastructure Authority (WIA)

14. Integrated Test Center (ITC)
Integrated Test Center at Dry Fork Station
Opportunities to test CO2 capture & uses
XPRIZE Foundation first tenants ($20 million in prizes to foster global innovation in carbon technology)