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Earl F. Wisdom Generating Station Unit 2

Earl F. Wisdom Unit 2 was dedicated on June 30, 2004.

Earl F. Wisdom Generating Station Unit 2 is a Basin Electric peaking power resource.

The unit is a partnership between Basin Electric and Corn Belt Power Cooperative, Humboldt, IA. Corn Belt is a member-owner of Basin Electric.

Basin Electric and Corn Belt each have a 40-megawatt (MW) ownership share in the 80-MW natural gas/oil-fired combustion turbine. Corn Belt operates and maintain the units.

Wisdom Unit 2 is located near Spencer, IA, next to the existing Earl F. Wisdom Generating Station Unit 1, a coal-based unit owned and operated by Corn Belt. Ground-breaking for the project began on Oct. 29, 2003 and the project was completed during the spring of 2004 for an approximate cost of $40 million.

Wisdom Unit 2 was constructed to provide additional peaking capacity and risk mitigation for Basin Electric, and to satisfy a continuing demand for electricity by the cooperative’s member systems. The unit runs during times of peak power demand.

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Contact

Corn Belt Power Cooperative
1300 13th St. North
PO Box 508
Humboldt, IA 50548-0508
Tel: 515.332.2571