DCC West Project LLC (DCC West) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. (Minnkota) and intends to primarily serve the geologic storage of carbon dioxide needs of Minnkota. Minnkota’s primary generating resource is the two-unit Milton R. Young Station (MRYS), a mine-mouth lignite coal-fired power plant. The lignite used as fuel for electrical generation is the primary source of carbon dioxide.

In addition to providing storage services to MRYS’s carbon dioxide, to the extent there is additional storage capacity, DCC West may market carbon dioxide storage services to third-party entities

The storage facility is being designed to receive a maximum operating rate of 6.11 million metric tons annually and a maximum of 122.9 million metric tons over a 20- year injection period.