North Dakota PSC Accepting Comments on EPA’s Proposed CO2 Rules
Posted on Oct 9, 2014 in Climate Change, Environmental, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on North Dakota PSC Accepting Comments on EPA’s Proposed CO2 Rules
The North Dakota Public Service Commission (ND PSC) is accepting comments from electric utilities, electric cooperatives and any other interested stakeholders regarding the proposed CO2 rules of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The ND PSC will use the information it receives when it prepares its official comments to the EPA. The EPA has issued a proposed rule...
North Carolina Coop’s Solar Farm to Provide Benefits to Members
Posted on Oct 9, 2014 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Land Use, Project Development, Rates, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on North Carolina Coop’s Solar Farm to Provide Benefits to Members
Pee Dee Electric Cooperative has announced plans to install a 100-Kw community solar farm adjacent to its corporate headquarters. The solar farm will produce about 150,000-kWh of electricity annually, and members of Pee Dee Electric will be able to purchase individual panels and sell the power produced by the panels back to the cooperative. Members who participate in the project will...
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to EPA’s Authority
Posted on Oct 9, 2014 in Environmental, Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to EPA’s Authority
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court denied an electric utility group’s challenge to the emissions standards for ozone pollution of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Utility Air Regulatory Group filed a petition in April claiming that the July 2013 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholding the EPA’s 2008 National Ambient Air Quality...
California Passes Metal Theft Law
Posted on Oct 7, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on California Passes Metal Theft Law
California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a law requiring regional scrap dealers to subscribe to a regional theft alert system. Jessica Nelson, general manager of Golden State Power Cooperative, applauded the passage of this law as a positive step to stopping metal theft. Click here to read more.
South Dakota Coops Bury Transmission for Reliability
Posted on Oct 7, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Reliability | Comments Off on South Dakota Coops Bury Transmission for Reliability
Five South Dakota coops are using federal and state disaster funds to bury hundreds of miles of transmission lines. The coops are focusing on reliability after a blizzard caused outages for thousands of customers in early October of last year. Click here for more.
North Dakota Coop Vies for Territory
Posted on Oct 7, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on North Dakota Coop Vies for Territory
The North Dakota Public Service Commission has ruled in favor of Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU) in a territorial dispute with Capital Electric Cooperative (CEC) over which company should provide service to an industrial customer building a plant in McKenzie, North Dakota. MDU and CEC divide territory between themselves under a service area agreement, but the agreement did not cover...
Kentucky Coop Participates in a Collaborative Solar Project for Army Base
Posted on Oct 6, 2014 in Environmental, Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Land Use, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Kentucky Coop Participates in a Collaborative Solar Project for Army Base
Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative has joined forces with the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, the Department of Defense at Fort Campbell and the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) to build a 5-Mw solar photovoltaic panel system at Fort Campbell. The group’s plan would result in building the largest solar array in Kentucky. Since forming the collaborative has accumulated...
EPA May Adjust Carbon Dioxide Standard Based on Public Comments
Posted on Oct 6, 2014 in Climate Change, Environmental, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on EPA May Adjust Carbon Dioxide Standard Based on Public Comments
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may adjust its proposed carbon dioxide standard for existing coal-based power plants according to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. The standard, which sets emission levels for each state, was proposed on June 2. After the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and other organizations encouraged the agency to allow more time to study...
Florida Supreme Court Declines Intervention in Utility Dispute
Posted on Oct 1, 2014 in Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Florida Supreme Court Declines Intervention in Utility Dispute
The Florida Supreme Court has decided not to take up the ongoing dispute between Lee County Electric Cooperative and the city of Cape Coral regarding the costs of moving utility lines and power poles due to a road project. To read more about this story, click here.
Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate Would Repeal Rural Renewable-Energy Mandate
Posted on Oct 1, 2014 in Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate Would Repeal Rural Renewable-Energy Mandate
Bob Beauprez, the GOP nominee for Colorado governor, told an audience of members of the National Federation of Independent Business that he would sign a bill repealing Senate Bill 252 if he were to win November’s gubernatorial election. Senate Bill 252 doubled the amount of energy that rural electric cooperatives must generate from renewable sources by 2020, from 10 percent to 20...
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