Coops Merge in Tennessee and Kentucky
Posted on Nov 20, 2015 in Grid & Infrastructure, Mergers/Acquisitions, Rates | Comments Off on Coops Merge in Tennessee and Kentucky
Members of Tennessee-based Gibson Electric Membership Corporation recently voted to approve a merger with Kentucky-based Hickman-Fulton Counties Rural Electric Cooperative. Gibson EMC president and CEO Dan Rodamaker reported that all employees would retain their jobs. The merger will save Hickman-Fulton members approximately $12.6 million over the next 10 years.
U.S. Senate Passes Resolutions to Repeal Clean Power Plan
Posted on Nov 19, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on U.S. Senate Passes Resolutions to Repeal Clean Power Plan
The United States Senate has approved two resolutions that express formal congressional disapproval of two rules promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency limiting carbon emissions from new and existing power plants, including the controversial Clean Power Plan. The White House has threatened to veto the resolutions in recent policy statements.
Arctic Alaska Has Received a Cold Weather Energy Storage System
Posted on Nov 18, 2015 in Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Arctic Alaska Has Received a Cold Weather Energy Storage System
Kotzebue Electric Association, an electric cooperative based in Kotzebue, Alaska, has installed a Saft Intensium Max+ 20M battery at its hybrid wind-diesel power system to provide cleaner, more reliable and less expensive power to Kotzebue whose annual average temperature is 22°F.
Cooperative Threatens to Cut Off Power to Illinois State Departments for Unpaid Accounts
Posted on Nov 13, 2015 in Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on Cooperative Threatens to Cut Off Power to Illinois State Departments for Unpaid Accounts
As Illinois remains without a budget through its first five months of fiscal year 2016, many bills are going unpaid, including its energy bills to Southwestern Electric Cooperative Inc. (Southwestern). Southwestern has already exceeded its policies for disconnection for lack of payment and is now threatening to cut off service to the Illinois state departments unless the bills are...
Basin Asks D.C. Circuit to Stay Clean Power Plan
Posted on Nov 9, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Basin Asks D.C. Circuit to Stay Clean Power Plan
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin) is among the electric industry participants asking the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit) to stay the implementation of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), arguing that preparing to comply with the CPP’s requirements while legal challenges are still pending would cause a significant waste of resources in the event...
Arizona Corporation Commission Takes Incinerator Fight to State Supreme Court
Posted on Nov 5, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Arizona Corporation Commission Takes Incinerator Fight to State Supreme Court
A dispute between the Sierra Club and the Arizona Corporation Commission has reached the Supreme Court of Arizona. The dispute hinges on state utility regulators’ decision to allow a utility to generate electricity from burning garbage and call it a “renewable resource.” That utility—Mohave Electric Cooperative—had put forward a proposal to meet part of its renewable energy mandate...
Electric Cooperatives among Top 100 Coops Per Report
Posted on Nov 5, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Electric Cooperatives among Top 100 Coops Per Report
The National Cooperative Bank has released its “2015 Co-op 100 List,” which includes 17 electric cooperatives from around the country. Among the electric cooperatives to make the list are Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Oglethorpe Power Corporation and Seminole Electric Cooperative. Overall the 17 electric cooperatives accounted for approximately 7 percent of the total annual...
Coops Protest Hydro-Power Rates
Posted on Nov 3, 2015 in Legislative & Politics, Rates, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coops Protest Hydro-Power Rates
Following concerns raised by Arizona’s rural electric cooperatives, Arizona Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake have sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy questioning higher rates charged by the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). Arizona’s Generation and Transmission Cooperatives were hit with a $1.5 million increase in WAPA rates between the beginning of 2013 and the end...
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