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Issuer:     BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE (—)
CIK:        0000720515
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-13T19:07:35+00:00
Accession:  0000720515-26-000007
Event type: litigation
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Basin Electric settles McKenzie Electric disputes; expects $40M pre-tax charge in Q2 2026
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- Settlement resolves North Dakota state court and FERC disputes among Basin Electric, McKenzie, Upper Missouri, and Mountrail-Williams.
- McKenzie will dismiss with prejudice its state court claims and withdraw FERC complaints against Basin Electric and Upper Missouri.
- Basin Electric agrees that from Jan 1, 2031, it will not include Dakota Gasification costs in rates charged to Upper Missouri for McKenzie's power.
- McKenzie continues its wholesale power contract with Upper Missouri through 2075, remaining a Class C Member of Basin Electric.
- Pre-tax charge of approximately $40 million expected in Q2 2026; settlement effective upon regulatory approvals and financing conditions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720515/000072051526000007/0000720515-26-000007-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720515/000072051526000007/basin-20260709.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000720515-26-000007

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