PrecisionHawk Collaborates with NRECA to Train UAV Pilots Conducting Electric Grid Inspections
Posted on Jul 19, 2021 in Grid & Infrastructure, Technology | Comments Off on PrecisionHawk Collaborates with NRECA to Train UAV Pilots Conducting Electric Grid Inspections
PrecisionHawk, Inc., a leading provider of actionable intelligence for enterprises’ physical assets, today announced it is collaborating with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) to bring a new wave of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) instruction to electric coops across the United States. The course and skills assessment are designed to increase unmanned aircraft...
Alabama Electric Cooperative Hit by Ransomware Attack
Posted on Jul 6, 2021 in Cybersecurity, Technology | Comments Off on Alabama Electric Cooperative Hit by Ransomware Attack
Wiregrass Electric Cooperative, which serves about 25,000 members in southeastern Alabama, announced that it was hit by a ransomware attack that temporarily prevented customers from accessing their account information. According to Wiregrass Electric Cooperative, no data was compromised in the attack, but member account information and payment systems were taken offline for maintenance...
NRECA and Other Coops Aid in Rollout of ODIN
Posted on Jul 1, 2021 in Technology | Comments Off on NRECA and Other Coops Aid in Rollout of ODIN
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), along with the National Information Solutions Cooperative and several other coops and public power districts, are supporting development and deployment of the Outage Data Initiative Nationwide system, or ODIN. ODIN, which is now available for deployment and use, provides outage details by county, postal code or geo-position,...
CEO of Minnkota Power Cooperative Urges Congress to Boost Carbon Capture Technologies
Posted on Jun 24, 2021 in Climate Change, Legislative & Politics, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on CEO of Minnkota Power Cooperative Urges Congress to Boost Carbon Capture Technologies
Mac McLennan, President and CEO of Minnkota Power Cooperative, recently urged members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy to prioritize reliability and resiliency in the wake of power stability issues across the country. Specifically, Mr. McLennan asked Congress to support carbon capture technologies through passage of the Carbon Capture Modernization Act....
Broadband Access Expanding in Virginia
Posted on Jun 14, 2021 in Broadband, Legislative & Politics, Technology | Comments Off on Broadband Access Expanding in Virginia
The Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, recently signed HB2304 and SB1413 in Franklin, Virginia. The law will expand broadband access in Virginia by allowing investor-owned electric utilities to recover costs of, and revenue from, expanding broadband to unserved areas. This paves the way for Virginia’s electric cooperatives to create partnerships with other investor-owned electric...
Cooperative Turns on Battery Storage Facility
Posted on May 18, 2021 in Battery, Technology | Comments Off on Cooperative Turns on Battery Storage Facility
The first large standalone battery storage facility in New Hampshire has been turned on by the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative alongside its solar farm. The 2.45-megawatt battery project, the largest in New Hampshire, was developed in partnership with Engie, the North American arm of a French energy firm.
SMECO Begins Extensive Electric Vehicle Charging Network
Posted on May 10, 2021 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on SMECO Begins Extensive Electric Vehicle Charging Network
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) is creating an electric vehicle charging network that will grow to 60 stations over the next four years as the coop works to help Maryland achieve its ambitious goal of having 300,000 electric vehicles (EVs) on the road by 2025. The coop’s stations are at public locations that include regional parks, senior centers and libraries.
NRECA Expresses Concerns Regarding Expected Timing for Notices of Defaults in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction
Posted on Apr 8, 2021 in Broadband, Regulation & Policy, Technology | Comments Off on NRECA Expresses Concerns Regarding Expected Timing for Notices of Defaults in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) made a request on April 1 to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging the FCC to publicly announce defaults by winning bidders in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction (RDOF), so that unserved rural communities can pursue other public broadband resources. Without timely public notices of such defaults, rural...
Colorado Coop’s Empower Program Helps Make Energy Efficiency Affordable
Posted on Apr 5, 2021 in Financing, Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Colorado Coop’s Empower Program Helps Make Energy Efficiency Affordable
An electric cooperative in Colorado is bundling its energy-efficiency programs and many of its consumer services under a single brand and making them available to those working or living near its service territory. Specifically, San Isabel Electric Association’s Empower Program aims to identify qualified contractors and suppliers of proven products and helps find ways to finance...
New Cyber Technology Provides Real-Time Defense
Posted on Mar 16, 2021 in Cybersecurity, Technology | Comments Off on New Cyber Technology Provides Real-Time Defense
New technology developed to rapidly identify and defend against emerging cybersecurity threats is being demonstrated at a growing number of electric cooperatives nationwide. The technology is being developed by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and its partners BlackByte Cyber Security LLC and Referentia Systems Inc. through a cooperative agreement with the U.S....
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