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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-034044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000720515"
company_name: "BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE"
filed_at: "2026-05-12T19:13:41+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T19:17:49.986557+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Basin Electric appoints Dwight Rossow as District 7 director to replace deceased Mike McQuistion

## Summary
- Dwight Rossow appointed as director representing District 7, Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative.
- Rossow fills the unexpired three-year term of Mike McQuistion, who passed away in February 2026.
- Term runs until 2028; Rossow also named to Operations & Marketing Committee.
- Will receive standard Board cash compensation and is eligible for Board Deferred Compensation Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-034044
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000720515
- company_name: BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T19:13:41+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720515/000162828026034044/0001628280-26-034044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720515/000162828026034044/basinelectricpowercooperat.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-034044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-034044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-034044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dwight Rossow was appointed as Director representing District 7 at BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director representing District 7
  source text: On May 12, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Basin Electric Power Cooperative (“Basin Electric”) appointed Dwight Rossow as the director representing District 7, Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative, on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720515/000162828026034044/0001628280-26-034044-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.