Coop and IOU Strike Deal to End Territorial Dispute
Posted on Jan 30, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure | Comments Off on Coop and IOU Strike Deal to End Territorial Dispute
The city council of Cheyenne, Wyoming, has approved a franchise agreement between High West Energy, Inc. (High West) and Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company that ends a 35-year territorial dispute between the coop and the investor-owned utility. Over the years, the coop has lost service territory and customers as the city expanded into unincorporated territory serviced by High...
Delaware Coop Breaks Ground on New Solar Farm
Posted on Jan 29, 2013 in Climate Change, Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Delaware Coop Breaks Ground on New Solar Farm
The Delaware Electric Cooperative (Delaware Electric) has begun construction of a 20-acre, 16,000-solar-panel, solar energy farm in Sussex County, Delaware. It will be one of the largest solar farms in the state and is expected to cost $14 million. Delaware Electric hopes the project will be online by May 2013. Read more here.
Court Rules that LCRA Did Not Violate Wholesale Agreements
Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Litigation, Rates | Comments Off on Court Rules that LCRA Did Not Violate Wholesale Agreements
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) was victorious last Thursday when a Travis County, Colorado, district judge held that LCRA had not violated power agreements with four of its wholesale electric customers because it had not breached a contract clause requiring that all of its customers be offered the same rate. The customers, which are utilities that sell electricity...
Federal Court Rejects Rehearing on EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Federal Court Rejects Rehearing on EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Last Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a two-sentence order in which it declined to reopen a decision that struck down the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) sweeping Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. The decision striking down the rule was issued last August by a three-judge panel of the circuit court after the National Rural Electric...
Tri-State to Challenge Jurisdiction of New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Over Rates
Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Litigation, Rates | Comments Off on Tri-State to Challenge Jurisdiction of New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Over Rates
The board of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. recently voted to move forward with a legal challenge of the Public Regulation Commission’s (PRC) jurisdiction over rate increases for distribution coops in New Mexico. This move comes after the PRC determined in December 2012 that the distribution coops had raised valid concerns regarding the rate increases. The...
Kansas Coop Brings Attention to Private Transmission Considerations
Posted on Jan 24, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Land Use, Legislative & Politics, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on Kansas Coop Brings Attention to Private Transmission Considerations
Wheatland Electric Cooperative of Kansas is alerting others to potential concerns regarding the construction of private transmission lines to meet increased oil and gas exploration in the Mississippi Lime Play, which is an underground formation across southern and western Kansas and northern Oklahoma. If energy companies begin building their own electric transmission infrastructure,...
EPA Passes New Rule Related to Generator Use
Posted on Jan 23, 2013 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on EPA Passes New Rule Related to Generator Use
On January 15, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new rule that will allow electric cooperatives to use small emergency generators for various purposes in order to ensure a stable flow of electricity at the local and regional level. Kirk Johnson, senior vice president of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), stated that the combined...
Colorado Coop Looks to Expand Transmission Line Capacity
Posted on Jan 22, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Reliability | Comments Off on Colorado Coop Looks to Expand Transmission Line Capacity
San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative plans to expand the capacity of a 32-mile transmission line from 69 kV to 115 kV. The project will improve reliability in the San Luis Valley by reducing the risk of outages. The Pueblo Chieftain has the full story.
Hefty Rate Increase in Kentucky on the Horizon
Posted on Jan 17, 2013 in Economic Downturn, Rates | Comments Off on Hefty Rate Increase in Kentucky on the Horizon
Western Kentucky-based Big Rivers Electric Corporation has requested a wholesale rate hike from the Kentucky Public Service Commission. Under the proposal, residential customers would see up to a $24 per month increase on their power bills and large industrial consumers would face between a 15 and19 percent rate increase. The move comes in reaction to Big Rivers’ largest customer, an...
Vermont Coop Among Opponents to Proposed Wind Moratorium
Posted on Jan 17, 2013 in Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Vermont Coop Among Opponents to Proposed Wind Moratorium
Washington Electric Cooperative is among a long list of renewable energy supporters opposing a recent state legislative proposal to ban for three years the development of wind generation projects with a capacity greater than 500 kW. Legislators proposed the bill in reaction to environmental and aesthetic concerns raised by constituents. However, opponents say the move contradicts...
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