Iowa Cooperative Raccoon Valley Becoming Carbon-Free with Purchase of Renewable Credits
Posted on Apr 29, 2016 in Environmental, Rates, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Iowa Cooperative Raccoon Valley Becoming Carbon-Free with Purchase of Renewable Credits
Raccoon Valley, an Iowa electric cooperative, plans to purchase renewable credits from three wholesale suppliers to offset its use of carbon-based fuels and become carbon-free. Purchasing the credits from its suppliers supports the cooperative of which it is a member and puts more renewables back in the generation mix while adding less than half a percent to Raccoon Valley’s total...
Great River Energy and NRECA Co-Sponsor Research Regarding Underutilized Energy Storage Resources
Posted on Apr 29, 2016 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Rates, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Great River Energy and NRECA Co-Sponsor Research Regarding Underutilized Energy Storage Resources
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and Great River Energy co-sponsored a research study that showed that residential electric water heaters can serve as energy storage for wind or solar power, increasing efficiency, better integrating renewable energy and saving customers money. The large capacity water heaters can be enabled to make immediate use of wind or...
Cooperative Chosen to Build Walkemeyer Project
Posted on Apr 29, 2016 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development | Comments Off on Cooperative Chosen to Build Walkemeyer Project
The Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors has selected Mid-Kansas Cooperative to be the transmission owner responsible for building the new “Walkemeyer” line, a 22.6-mile, 115 kV line from Walkemeyer to North Liberal.
Tri-State Electric Breaks Ground on Research Center
Posted on Apr 29, 2016 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Tri-State Electric Breaks Ground on Research Center
Tri-State Electric has just broken ground on the Wyoming Integrated Test Center. The Center is an industrial-scale lab that will research methods that could be used to remove carbon emissions from coal-fired plants and convert them into a revenue-producing resource. Products made from waste carbon emissions could include chemicals, fuels, building materials and graphene.
Texas Coop to Host Distributed Community Solar
Posted on Apr 27, 2016 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Texas Coop to Host Distributed Community Solar
Renewable Energy Systems Distributed has entered into an agreement with Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) to construct the Pedernales Electric Community Solar Project. This solar project will be comprised of PV projects at 15 sites owned by coop members, and each site will host up to 998 kw of solar PV. PEC will purchase the output from each project under long-term contracts, and...
AEPCO CEO Testifies in Support of Great Rate-Setting Transparency
Posted on Apr 22, 2016 in Rates, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on AEPCO CEO Testifies in Support of Great Rate-Setting Transparency
Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO) CEO Patrick Ledger testified in support of a bill that would require federal power administrations to detail costs on wholesale electric bills. Ledger said after his testimony that AEPCO is fine with justified cost increases but does not have enough information to see what’s included in the bill and how costs are distributed between...
Minnkota Enters Into 35-Year Wind Power Purchase Agreement
Posted on Apr 22, 2016 in Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Minnkota Enters Into 35-Year Wind Power Purchase Agreement
In an effort toward compliance with anticipated federal regulations, Minnkota Power Cooperative (Minnkota) will purchase wind energy from NextEra Energy Resources 100 megawatt wind farm addition when the project begins operation in early 2017, at which point nearly 35 percent of Minnkota’s electric generation capacity will come from wind.
Drone Amendment to Senate FAA Bill Helpful to Coops
Posted on Apr 20, 2016 in Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Technology | Comments Off on Drone Amendment to Senate FAA Bill Helpful to Coops
Under a bill that passed the Senate by a vote of 95-3, drones may become a more useful tool for electric coops. The drone provisions, which were added as an amendment to a larger bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), would ease current restrictions on drones and call for the FAA to set up a process enabling companies with critical infrastructure to use drones...
Kansas Electric Cooperatives to Merge
Posted on Apr 20, 2016 in Mergers/Acquisitions | Comments Off on Kansas Electric Cooperatives to Merge
Leavenworth-Jefferson Electric Cooperative and Kaw Valley Electric Cooperative have approved a formal plan to merge and become FreeState Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FreeState), effective January 1, 2017. With 14,691 member-owners, FreeState will be the largest rural electric cooperative in eastern Kansas.
New Hampshire Coop Launches Peak Demand Management Programs
Posted on Apr 18, 2016 in Energy Savings Programs, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on New Hampshire Coop Launches Peak Demand Management Programs
New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) has rolled out three voluntary demand management programs designed to incentivize reduced peak time usage and therefore ultimately reduce NHEC’s cost of providing power to its members.
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