EPA and North Dakota Closer to Agreement on Haze Reduction Plan
Posted on Mar 5, 2012 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on EPA and North Dakota Closer to Agreement on Haze Reduction Plan
Officials for the state of North Dakota announced last Friday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to approve the majority of the state’s regional haze air quality plan. The EPA had previously called North Dakota’s plan inadequate and had threatened to assume regulatory authority in the state, which relied heavily on coal power. The announcement comes as good news for...
Tri-State Signs PPA for Energy from Colorado Highlands Wind Project
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Tri-State Signs PPA for Energy from Colorado Highlands Wind Project
In a move to diversify its generation portfolio and increase the amount of energy from renewable resources, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., has agreed to purchase energy for the next 20 years from a 67-MW wind project to be build by Colorado Highlands Wind LLC. This agreement concludes an RFP process initiated by the coop in October 2011. Read more...
Proposed Missouri Bill to Expand Coops’ Rights to Use Existing Utility Poles
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in Land Use, Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on Proposed Missouri Bill to Expand Coops’ Rights to Use Existing Utility Poles
Missouri State Senator Brad Lager recently introduced a bill (S. B. 891) that will allow rural electric coops to use existing utility poles and rights-of-way for smart grid and broadband applications. News-Press Now has the full story.
South Dakota Legislature Passes Law Changing How Coops Are Taxed
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in Legislative & Politics, Tax | Comments Off on South Dakota Legislature Passes Law Changing How Coops Are Taxed
Following a 31-2 vote in the South Dakota Senate, S.B. 123 is headed to the governor’s desk for signature. If the bill is signed into law, rural electric coops will be taxed based exclusively on the total number of kilowatt-hours delivered to customers. Coops support this bill because it is designed to limit future tax increases. The Daily Republic has been following this...
Revived Nuclear Site Bill Introduced in Missouri
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 in Legislative & Politics, Permitting, Rates | Comments Off on Revived Nuclear Site Bill Introduced in Missouri
A recently proposed bill in the Missouri Senate would permit Ameren-Missouri and its group of for-profit utilities and coops to charge ratepayers up to $45 million for the costs of pursuing an early nuclear site permit. Supporters of the bill hope to expedite the development of a second nuclear reactor in Callaway County by seeking an early site permit from the Nuclear Regulatory...
Kentucky Rural Investment Bill Making Progress
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 in Economic Downturn, Financing, Legislative & Politics, Project Development | Comments Off on Kentucky Rural Investment Bill Making Progress
A proposed bill to allow the use of private investment by coops is moving through the Kentucky legislature. Similar to laws passed in Tennessee and several other states, supporters of the proposed bill say it will promote new forms of investment and invigorate the state’s growing biofuels industry. Click here for more information.
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