1016 E. Owens Avenue
PO Box 2277
Bismarck, ND 58502
Phone: (701) 258-7117
Toll Free: 1-800-932-7117
Fax: (701) 258-2755
With the Texas blackouts affecting three of the nation’s electrical grids, people and policymakers are looking at generation sources differently. While the product — electricity — is the same, generation sources have varying degrees of resiliency, which is the ability to react to unexpected and extreme changes in the weather. At the top of the list for resiliency is North Dakota’s lignite-based power plants because they sit beside enormous reserves of fuel.