Rainbow Gas

Since 1949, Edling Electric Inc. has been specializing in the service and installation of electrical systems for commercial, retail, industrial, and institutional properties. The company offers preventive maintenance programs. Edling Electric Inc. provides a wide range of services, such as airport systems, commercial/retail offices, dam/flood control projects, data cabling, fiber optic facilities, fire alarms, sound/security systems, high voltage distribution systems, interstate highway rest stops and others. The company is licensed the Upper Midwest. Edling Electric Inc. is located in Bismarck, N.D.

Founded in 1961, Basin Electric Power Cooperative is one of the largest, nonprofit electric generation and transmission companies in the United States. The company delivers electricity to wholesale customers that include more than 120 member systems. It owns and operates switchyards and substations and over 1,800 miles of high-voltage transmission lines. Basin Electric Power Cooperative also manages nearly 100 telecommunication sites. Its service area includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Montana and New Mexico. The company operates various subsidiaries, such as Dakota Gasification Company, Souris Valley Pipeline, Dakota Coal Company, Montana Limestone Company and Basin Telecommunications. Basin Electric Power Cooperative has a work force of more than 1,900 employees.

BNI Coal is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE (NYSE-ALE) and owns and operates the Center Mine near Center, N.D. BNI Coal's surface mine supplies lignite coal to fuel the nearby Milton R. Young steam electric Generating Station, Units I and II. BNI mines about 4.5 million tons of lignite coal annually, supplying both units of the Young Station. The mining process disturbs and reclaims approximately 210 acres per year. With reserves of 600 million tons, BNI has ample capacity to expand production. In 1930, Harris M. Baukol, his brothers and L.L. Monson formed Baukol-Noonan Lignite, Inc. and Noonan Holding Company. The companies began mining near Noonan, N.D. In 1949, the businesses were assumed by a successor company, Baukol-Noonan, Inc. Operations at the Center mine began in 1970. In 1988, Baukol-Noonan was purchased by Minnesota Power Company currently known as (ALLETE). Baukol-Noonan changed its name to BNI Coal Ltd. and relocated its headquarters to Bismarck, N.D.