Cooperative Scholarships

Each year Northern Electric Cooperative and Basin Electric Power Cooperative provide a $500 and a $1,000 scholarship respectively. The selection of the winners is based on SAT/ACT scores, grade point average, an application outlining high school/college honors, community and school activities, employment history, future career goals, a short essay focused on an electricity or cooperative theme and a written recommendation by a third party. The scholarship application can be downloaded below.

The deadline to submit all scholarship applications to the Northern Electric office is February 15, 2019.

Completed applications should be mailed to:

Northern Electric Cooperative

ATTN: Kay Albrecht

PO Box 457

Bath, SD 57427

Applications can also be dropped off at the Northern Electric Cooperative office on U.S. Highway 12 in Bath, SD, by the deadline.

To find the location of the Northern Electric office follow this link.

2019 Scholarship Winners

Alexis Schock ($1,000)

The 2019 Basin Electric Power Cooperative $1,000 scholarship recipient is Alexis Schock. Schock is a senior at Aberdeen Christian School and received high recommendations from her teachers. She has been named to the honor roll all four years. Schock is also involved in volleyball and band at Aberdeen Christian and has volunteered at the Safe Harbor women's shelter in Aberdeen. She plans on attending North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota, to pursue a major in Business with a minor in Spanish.

Taylor Dinger ($500)

The 2019 recipient of the $500 Northern Electric Cooperative scholarship is Taylor Dinger. Dinger is from Hecla and attends Britton-Hecla High School. He plans to enroll at North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, North Dakota, in the fall of 2019. Dinger is on the honor roll at Britton-Hecla and is involved with 4-H, trapshooting, and volunteers as the school's videographer. Dinger would like to become an electrician with the goal of starting his own business someday.