Kentucky PSC Accepts Settlement in Big Rivers Environmental Case
Posted on Oct 3, 2012 in Environmental, Financing, Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Rates, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Kentucky PSC Accepts Settlement in Big Rivers Environmental Case
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (Kentucky PSC) has accepted a regarding a proposed environmental compliance plan and environmental surcharge request submitted by Big Rivers Electric Corporation (Big Rivers). Under the proposed plan, Big Rivers will not be required to construct the most costly emission control projects from its original plan, reducing the total cost from $283.5...
CFC Report Provides National Overview of Renewable Energy Projects
Posted on Sep 25, 2012 in Environmental, Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on CFC Report Provides National Overview of Renewable Energy Projects
The National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) provided a report on the progress of various renewable energy projects at the National Renewables Cooperative Organization’s (NRCO) September meeting. John List, the CFC senior vice president of Member Services, discussed the funding behind current and future renewable energy projects. Mr. List reported that since...
Coop Affected by Court’s Grant of EPA Request to Stall MACT Lawsuits
Posted on Sep 18, 2012 in Environmental, Litigation, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Coop Affected by Court’s Grant of EPA Request to Stall MACT Lawsuits
A federal appeals court has granted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) request to hold pending lawsuits over its utility maximum achievable control technology (MACT) air toxics rule in abeyance until the EPA completes its reconsideration of the rule. The lawsuits being held in abeyance were filed by developers of new power plants, including Deseret Power Electric...
Permitting Issue for Coal Plant Headed to Kansas Supreme Court
Posted on Aug 31, 2012 in Environmental, Permitting, Project Development | Comments Off on Permitting Issue for Coal Plant Headed to Kansas Supreme Court
A plan by Sunflower Electric Power Corporation to build a 895-MW, coal-fired plant near Holcomb, Kansas, faces continuing opposition from the Sierra Club over environmental permitting issues. The coop and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., which plans to buy a significant amount of energy from the plant, are hopeful that the permitting issues can be resolved. ...
Federal Court Invalidates EPA Clean Air Act Rule
Posted on Aug 23, 2012 in Energy Savings Programs, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Federal Court Invalidates EPA Clean Air Act Rule
In a 2-to-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down an EPA air quality rule related to emissions crossing state lines. The Court held that the EPA had impermissibly exceeded its authority under the rule by requiring upwind states to bear more than their share of reductions and failing to give states the opportunity handle emissions reductions...
Tennessee Coop Opens New Solar Farm
Posted on Aug 20, 2012 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Tennessee Coop Opens New Solar Farm
Duck River Electric Membership Cooperative (DREMC), based in Shelbyville, Tennessee, is now the first electric coop in the seven state TVA service territory to offer members access to green power through a newly constructed solar farm. The DREMC Solar Farm, located in Shelbyville, allows its members to invest in solar energy without the cost of installing or maintaining their own...
NRECA Asks EPA to Tweak Standards for Small Emergency Generators
Posted on Aug 20, 2012 in Environmental, Project Development, Reliability | Comments Off on NRECA Asks EPA to Tweak Standards for Small Emergency Generators
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and a number of coops argued to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that fine-tuning the standards for small emergency generators could help coops ensure that the flow of electricity to rural America remains steady and reliable. The August 9 comments will likely be the final opportunity in writing to influence EPA’s...
CFTC Head Issues Statement in Support of Exemption for Coops
Posted on Aug 20, 2012 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on CFTC Head Issues Statement in Support of Exemption for Coops
The head of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a statement last Friday in support of the proposed relief from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) swaps provisions for certain electricity and electricity-related energy transactions between rural electric cooperatives and federal, state, municipal, and tribal power...
Iowa Nuclear Plant Will Dredge River for Water Access
Posted on Aug 10, 2012 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use | Comments Off on Iowa Nuclear Plant Will Dredge River for Water Access
The Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa’s only nuclear power plant which is co-owned by Central Iowa Power Cooperative and Corn Belt Power Cooperative, plans to dredge a section of the drought-stricken Cedar River to ensure access to enough water to operate the plant. Click here for the full story.
Virginia Coop Suspends Efforts to Acquire Permits for Surry Coal Plant
Posted on Aug 10, 2012 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Virginia Coop Suspends Efforts to Acquire Permits for Surry Coal Plant
Virginia-based Old Dominion Electric Cooperative is suspending its efforts to obtain the environmental permits needed to build what would have been the state’s largest coal-fueled power plant in Surry County. The coop’s decision to pull back from the proposed $6 billion Cypress Creek Power Station was based in large part on the Environmental Protection Agency’s new, more stringent...
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