Settlement Reached Capping Utah Plant’s Coal Consumption
Posted on Oct 23, 2015 in Environmental, Litigation, Permitting, Rates | Comments Off on Settlement Reached Capping Utah Plant’s Coal Consumption
The Environmental Protection Agency, Deseret Power Electric Cooperative and the Sierra Club and WildEarth Guardians reached a settlement regarding the 500-megawatt Bonanza Power Plant in northeast Utah. The settlement calls for new pollution controls to be installed while being subjecting the plant to an eventual lifetime limit on the plant’s coal consumption. Deseret has...
North Dakota PSC Approves Permits for Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Infrastructure Projects
Posted on Apr 30, 2015 in Grid & Infrastructure, Permitting, Project Development | Comments Off on North Dakota PSC Approves Permits for Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Infrastructure Projects
On April 29 the North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) approved permits for three infrastructure projects. Those projects undertaken by Basin Electric Power Cooperative will cost a combined $445 million. They involve expansion of two gas powered power stations, as well as a new transmission line. According to Randy Christmann, Commissioner of the North Dakota PSC, the projects...
EPA Proposes Costly New Water Regulations
Posted on Mar 25, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Land Use, Legislative & Politics, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on EPA Proposes Costly New Water Regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new water regulations which would increase costs and require extensive permitting for power line construction and maintenance. At a hearing on the proposed rules, Russ Biggica of the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association warned Congress that the rules would drive up costs for cooperatives, including the cost of renewable energy...
TCEQ Reassumes Texas Permitting Duties from EPA.
Posted on Feb 20, 2015 in Permitting | Comments Off on TCEQ Reassumes Texas Permitting Duties from EPA.
For the past two years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has handled permitting duties in Texas while the state has worked on implementing its own program. On Thursday the EPA issued its last federal greenhouse gas permit in Texas and transferred the remaining applications to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to handle the permitting going forward. ...
Basin Electric Slated to Purchase New Wind Generation
Posted on Dec 18, 2014 in Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Basin Electric Slated to Purchase New Wind Generation
The North Dakota Public Service Commission approved construction of a new 172-MW wind farm to be located in the western area of the state. Basin Electric Power Coop (Basin Electric) has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement for the full output of the $240 million project being built by Antelope Hills Wind Project LLC. Antelope Hills is aiming for a late 2015 in-service date. ...
Wolverine Announces New Gas-Fired Plant
Posted on Oct 23, 2014 in Land Use, Permitting, Project Development | Comments Off on Wolverine Announces New Gas-Fired Plant
Michigan’s Wolverine Power Cooperative (Wolverine) announced earlier this week its plans to develop a new gas-fired power plant in Elmira Township, Otsego County. The site for the new plant, called the Alpine Power Plant, was selected after a nearly two-year evaluation period and was picked for its proximity to existing pipelines and electric transmission lines. Click here for more...
Basin Electric Receives Federal Approval for Major Transmission Line
Posted on Sep 16, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics, Permitting, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on Basin Electric Receives Federal Approval for Major Transmission Line
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) recently received federal approval for construction of a 200-mile transmission line in western North Dakota. The project, which will include 345 kV transmission lines, two new substations and modifications to three existing substations, will start at Basin Electric’s Antelope Valley Station and end in Tioga, North Dakota. Basin...
Concerns Raised Over EPA Proposal for Upgraded Pollution Controls at Utah Coal Power Plant
Posted on Jul 18, 2014 in Environmental, Permitting, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Concerns Raised Over EPA Proposal for Upgraded Pollution Controls at Utah Coal Power Plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering a requirement that Deseret Power Electric Cooperative install upgraded pollution controls at its Bonanza Power Plant in Utah. A group of residents, businesses and community groups have raised concerns that the plant may be shut down if upgraded pollution controls are required. Any shutdown would have a significant impact...
Permit Changes Approved for Kansas Coop’s Proposed Coal Plant
Posted on Jun 1, 2014 in Environmental, Permitting, Project Development | Comments Off on Permit Changes Approved for Kansas Coop’s Proposed Coal Plant
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment recently approved changes to Sunflower Electric Power Corporation’s 2010 pollution-control permit. This permit relates to the coop’s proposed 895-MW coal plant to be built near its existing Holcomb Station. KSNW-TV is following this story.
North Carolina Coop to Own Share of New South Carolina Gas Plant
Posted on May 20, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Permitting, Project Development | Comments Off on North Carolina Coop to Own Share of New South Carolina Gas Plant
North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation will own 100 megawatts of a new 750-MW, combined-cycle natural gas plant being constructed in South Carolina by Duke Energy Inc. (Duke Energy). Duke Energy has received regulators’ approval to build the plant at the site of one of its existing power stations, where three coal-fired units—expected to be retired shortly or converted to...
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