UMPHAKATHI waseNcwadi ngaphandle kwaseMgungundlovu ukhala ngokuba izinhlwa selokhu kwangena uHulumeni wentando yeningi njengoba sekuphele iminyaka engama-25 intuthuko ingabonwa endaweni. Lo mphakathi uvale umgwaqo uR617 ophakathi kweBulwer neBoston ushisa amathayi ukhala ngezimfuno. Uthi kwakungcono ngisho uHulumeni wobandlululo njengoba wakwazi ukubenzela okuncane. Izigodi ezithintekayo lapha iMagelekedle, iNcwadi, iDeepdale, iNhlambane neSongozima. Singena isahluko setshumi lambili. UMzila lokhe ehamba lazo inhlungu zonyawo lwakhe loba nje lwalungathi luthule. System Supply, System Demand and Competition Through an interconnected electric system, Montana-Dakota serves markets in portions of western North Dakota, including Bismarck, Mandan, Dickinson, Williston and Watford City; eastern Montana, including Sidney, Glendive and Miles City; and northern South Dakota, including Mobridge. The interconnected system consists of 15 electric generating units at 10 facilities and three small portable diesel generators, which have an aggregate nameplate rating attributable to Montana-Dakota's interest of 704,143 kW and total net ZRCs of 528.2 in 2017. ZRCs are a MW of demand equivalent measure and are allocated to individual generators to meet planning reserve margin requirements within MISO. For 2017, Montana-Dakota's total ZRCs, including its firm purchase power contracts, were 553.1. Montana-Dakota's planning reserve margin requirement within MISO was 530.2 for 2017. The maximum electric peak demand experienced to date attributable to Montana-Dakota's sales to retail customers on the interconnected system was 611,542 kW in August 2015. Montana-Dakota's latest forecast for its interconnected system indicates that its annual peak will continue to occur during the summer and the sales growth rate through 2022 will approximate two percent annually. Montana-Dakota's interconnected system electric generating capability includes five steam-turbine generating units at four facilities using coal for fuel, four combustion