Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

---

#coal #electricity #electricgrid #alternativeenergy #greenenergy

South Dakota isn’t going “beyond coal.” Quite the opposite. Coal provided essential generation during the coldest days of Winter Storm Fern. And now, Basin Electric Power Cooperative, which serves 3 million customers over a 9-state area, is thinking about building a new coal-fired plant near Gillette, Wyoming.

Subscribe to my Substack: robertbryce.substack.com

Tiktok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@pwrhungry?lan...

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/pwrhungry?ref_src...
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/robertbryce-pwrhungry

Read my books (all six of them):
bit.ly/3J2yCkt

Watch my documentary: Juice: How Electricity Explains the World on Amazon Prime:
amzn.to/3gk9Ttx

Watch my docuseries: Juice: Power, Politics & The Grid
/ @juicetheseries

Robert Bryce Website:
robertbryce.com