SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2018-09-26

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 <font style="display:inline;">This Amendment No. 12 (&#x201C;Amendment&#x201D;), dated as of September 20, &nbsp;2018, &nbsp;by and between BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, a North Dakota corporation (&#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Basin Electric</font><font style="display:inline;">&#x201D;); TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION, INC., a Colorado corporation (&#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Tri-State</font><font style="display:inline;">&#x201D;); CITY OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, a Nebraska municipal corporation operating the Lincoln Electric System (&#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">L.E.S.</font><font style="display:inline;">&#x201D;); HEARTLAND CONSUMERS POWER DISTRICT, a political subdivision of the State of South Dakota (&#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Heartland</font><font style="display:inline;">&#x201D;); WYOMING MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY, a public corporation of the State of Wyoming (&#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Wyoming Municipal</font><font style="display:inline;">&#x201D;); and WESTERN MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY, a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Minnesota (&#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Western Minnesota</font><font style="display:inline;">&#x201D;), all of whom may be collectively referred to as the &#x201C;Parties&#x201D; and individually referred to as &#x201C;Party.&#x201D; &nbsp;Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Participation Agreement (as defined below).</font>
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 <font style="display:inline;;font-size: 11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;">WHEREAS, the Parties have entered into a document entitled &#x201C;Missouri Basin Power Project * * * Laramie River Electric Generating Station and Transmission System Participation Agreement,&#x201D; executed on various dates during the months of November and D