It was a long hot summer for everyone, and power companies had to provide the extra power needed to keep us cool. Tom Glanzer with Northwestern Energy says while they did not set a new peak usage record, they saw long term demand…
Glanzer says they think they have enough base load power production facilities at the moment…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/08/Tom-Glanzer-823b.mp3|titles=Tom Glanzer 823b]Glanzer says they will soon add a new, natural gas electric peaking plant in Aberdeen…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/08/Tom-Glanzer-823c.mp3|titles=Tom Glanzer 823c]Northwestern serves about eighty thousand customers mostly in the James River Valley in eastern South Dakota.