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ISO 14001-registered facilities The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 registration demonstrates conformance to a voluntary international standard that reflects global consensus on superior environmental management practices. |
Great River Energy maintains ISO 14001 registrations for its generation facilities and transmission operations, making us one of very few utilities in the United States with ISO 14001 registered facilities.
ISO 14001 requires a company to develop and implement an environmental management system that addresses the immediate and long-term impacts of an operation’s activities and processes on the environment. It also provides for the allocation of resources, assignment of responsibilities, and the evaluation of company practices, procedures and processes. As part of the ISO 14001 registration process, an independent registrar must complete a rigorous audit of an operation’s environmental programs. Regular surveillance audits are also conducted by an independent registrar to ensure continued conformance with the standard.
We maintain ISO 14001 registration for all facilities built prior to 2009. Our plan is to develop and register an environmental management system for our new Elk River Peaking Station by December 2010.
Coal Creek StationCoal Creek Station, located near Underwood, was the first facility in North Dakota and the first electric cooperative power plant in the U.S. to achieve ISO 14001 registration in December 1998.
Pleasant Valley Station is located in Mower County, Minnesota, about 20 miles southwest of Rochester. It began operating in 2002. An environmental management system was developed in parallel with construction and commissioning of the station. The facility was ISO 14001 registered in June 2003.
Lakefield Junction Station is located in Martin County in south-central Minnesota. It began operating in June 2001 and received ISO 14001 registration in December 2004.
Great River Energy’s transmission system operations received ISO 14001 registration of its environmental management system in December 2005.
Elk River Station, our waste-to-energy plant, located in Elk River, Minnesota, converts “refuse-derived fuel” from mixed municipal waste into energy. The facility received its ISO 14001 registration in December 2007.
Stanton Station, a 189-megawatt power plant located near Stanton, North Dakota, received its ISO 14001 registration in December 2008.
Arrowhead Emergency Standby Generator and Cambridge, Maple Lake, Rock Lake, and St. Bonifacius combustion turbine stations in Minnesota received ISO 14001 registration in December 2009.
