2026 ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA
April 22-23, 2026
Clarion Hotel -- Minot, ND
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 – ANNUAL MEETING
9:30 AM
- Registration Desk Opens – Forum Room
12:00 Noon
Sponsored by: CoBank
1:00 PM
Annual Meeting Convenes –Ionian / Mediterranean Rooms
Mark Brehm, President, presiding officer
- "Message from the President"
Mark Brehm, President
- “Report from the Treasurer"
Bob Wolf, Secretary-Treasurer
- “Report from the General Manager”
Tom Meland, General Manager
- “Year in Review”
Mick Kossan, Manager of Accounting & Finance
Mark Sherman, Manager of Operations & Engineering
2:30 PM
Refreshment Break – Aegean Room
Sponsored by: HDR Engineering, Inc.
3:15PM
- “Messages from our Congressional Delegation”
3:30PM
-
“Western Area Power Administration Report”
Gayle R. Nansel, Senior Vice President and UGP Regional Manager
4:00 PM
- “Legislative Issues Panel”
Josh Kramer, Executive VP & General Manager, NDAREC
Ryan Norrell, Vice President of Government Relations, Basin Electric
MEETING RECESS
5:30 PM
RESCO/Ulteig Engineers/Synergy Powerline Construction/Border States Electric Supply & Widseth Smith Nolting Social– Coliseum
Heavy Hors d’oeuvres
THURSDAY, APRIL 24
7:30AM
Breakfast Buffet – Rhodes / Exhibition Rooms
Sponsored by: CFC
8:30AM
Annual Meeting Reconvenes –Ionian / Mediterranean Rooms
Jean Brandt, Vice President, presiding officer
- “Economic Update”
Jeffrey Milheiser, VP Funding and Investment, CoBank
9:15AM
- "Basin Electric Power Cooperative Report"
Todd Brickhouse, CEO & General Manager
10:00 AM
Refreshment Break – Aegean Room
Sponsored by: Pringle & Herigstad P.C.
10:30 AM
- Business Session
Call to Order
Determination of a Quorum
Notice of Annual Meeting
Consideration of 2025 Annual Meeting Minutes
Resolutions Committee Report & Consideration of Resolutions
Curtis Wiesz, Committee Chairman (Director, Northern Plains Electric)
Caucus Report
Debra Hoffarth, Legal Counsel, Pringle & Herigstad
Unfinished Business
New Business
ADJOURNMENT