Microgrid Being Planned Near Aspen, Colorado
Posted on Jan 7, 2021 in Grid & Infrastructure, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Microgrid Being Planned Near Aspen, Colorado
Electric cooperative Holy Cross Energy, the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, and Pitkin County representatives are conducting a feasibility study for a local, renewable energy microgrid. The proposed microgrid would connect the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport with neighboring public facilities and would be incorporated into the existing infrastructure of Holy Cross Energy.
Electric Cooperatives Form New Broadband Association
Posted on Jan 5, 2021 in Broadband, Grid & Infrastructure, Technology | Comments Off on Electric Cooperatives Form New Broadband Association
Five electric cooperatives in Virginia and Maryland have formed a broadband cooperative association aimed at encouraging the expansion of high-speed internet service in underserved rural areas. The new Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Broadband Cooperatives (VMDABC) includes Millboro-based BARC Electric Cooperative and its BARC Connects subsidiary, Arrington-based...
Coops Work Together to Restore Power in 2020
Posted on Dec 11, 2020 in Grid & Infrastructure | Comments Off on Coops Work Together to Restore Power in 2020
The tumultuous weather of 2020 saw coop line crews logging thousands of miles and long hours to restore power. Coops from more than two dozen states provided mutual aid on restoration projects in the hardest-hit areas this year.
Southwest Pool Power Considering Westward Expansion
Posted on Nov 13, 2020 in Grid & Infrastructure | Comments Off on Southwest Pool Power Considering Westward Expansion
Regional transmission operator Southwest Pool Power (SPP) announced interest in a western state expansion after a recent study found the move would produce $49 million a year in savings. If membership is pursued, Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Deseret Power Electric Cooperative and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, amongst others, could become the first members to...
USDA Approves $3.1 Billion in Loans to Coops
Posted on Nov 4, 2020 in Financing, Grid & Infrastructure | Comments Off on USDA Approves $3.1 Billion in Loans to Coops
As part of its latest round of Electric Loan Program awards, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved $3.1 billion in rural infrastructure loans for 45 electric cooperatives. The loans will go to projects in 25 states to upgrade or build transmission and distribution lines and to develop smart grid technology and digital communications to help detect and respond to...
Pedernales Electric Cooperative Signs 100-MW PPA on Texas Wind Project
Posted on Nov 2, 2020 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Pedernales Electric Cooperative Signs 100-MW PPA on Texas Wind Project
EDF Renewables North America and Pedernales Electric Cooperative, the largest distribution electric cooperative in the United States, signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 100-MW share of King Creek 1 Wind Project. The project will consist of 47 wind turbine generators and construction is expected to start by the end of 2020. The project will create approximately 300...
Ubiquity Announces Acquisition of Dallas-Fort Worth Broadband Provider
Posted on Oct 12, 2020 in Grid & Infrastructure, Technology | Comments Off on Ubiquity Announces Acquisition of Dallas-Fort Worth Broadband Provider
Ubiquity Management, LP (Ubiquity), an investor in critical communications infrastructure throughout the United States, recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of Millennium Telcom, LLC d/b/a OneSource Communications, a provider of fiber-fed broadband services in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, from Tri-County Electric Cooperative. OneSource’s fiber network is within...
Colorado Coop Helps Community Build Microgrid
Posted on Sep 23, 2020 in Grid & Infrastructure, Technology | Comments Off on Colorado Coop Helps Community Build Microgrid
Poudre Valley REA is working with the Red Feather Lakes community to install a microgrid, which will be a 140-kilowatt/448-kilowatt-hour battery with 3.2 hours of energy storage interconnected with generation resources.
Indiana Awards Grants to Electric Coops to Build Broadband
Posted on Sep 23, 2020 in Grid & Infrastructure, Technology | Comments Off on Indiana Awards Grants to Electric Coops to Build Broadband
Through the Next Level Connections Broadband Grant Program, Indiana is awarding $36 million in state broadband grants to eight electric cooperatives to connect unserved areas.
USDA Investment to Upgrade Arkansas Power Grid
Posted on Sep 21, 2020 in Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on USDA Investment to Upgrade Arkansas Power Grid
US Sen. John Boozman and US Rep. Bruce Westerman recently announced that US Department of Agriculture (USDA) funds will go toward modernizing a power grid by installing fiber-optic cable to supply a secure high-speed communications path to nearly 60,000 Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative customers. Specifically, a $151 million investment through the Department’s Electric...
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