Alaskan Coop Seeks Alternate Fuel Supply Following Planned Refinery Closure
Posted on Mar 9, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure | Comments Off on Alaskan Coop Seeks Alternate Fuel Supply Following Planned Refinery Closure
Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) is seeking an alternative supply of naphtha and HAGO, a type of fuel oil, to support its needs over the summer. GVEA is considering a number of fuel supply options, including working with a smaller refinery and options involving the transportation of fuel to the interior of Alaska. The Alaska Journal of Commerce is covering this...
Basin Electric Increases Power Generation
Posted on Mar 4, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development | Comments Off on Basin Electric Increases Power Generation
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) now has three units of its Pioneer Generation Station in service. The gas-fired generation facilities, located in Williston, North Dakota, will help add much-needed electricity into the oil drilling region. Basin Electric is now in the process of building three more gas-fired generators near Watford City, North Dakota, all as part of...
Minnkota Facing Tough Winter Delays on Power Line Project
Posted on Mar 4, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development | Comments Off on Minnkota Facing Tough Winter Delays on Power Line Project
Minnkota Power Cooperative’s (Minnkota) $312-million, 345-kilovolt Center-to-Grand Forks, North Dakota, transmission line is now being delayed by about five months due to extreme winter weather. Though the project is over 90 percent complete, Minnkota’s ability to construct the line has simply made the initial completion date of February 2014 impossible. Read more here.
Haiti Welcomes New Coop
Posted on Mar 3, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Haiti Welcomes New Coop
Coopérative Electrique de l’Arrondissement des Coteaux is a new electric cooperative, established with assistance from NRECA International Ltd. in Haiti. As of now, the cooperative can serve about 1,600 customers, and its infrastructure consists of 33 miles of power lines. Power will be generated by a solar-diesel hybrid system. For more information, click here.
Maryland PSC to Impose Smart Meter Opt-Out Fees
Posted on Mar 3, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on Maryland PSC to Impose Smart Meter Opt-Out Fees
According to the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC), residential and small commercial customers of Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, Potomac Electric Power Company, Delmarva Power and Light Company and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative who decline installation of a smart meter will have to pay a one-time fee after July 1, 2014. The fee is intended to pay for the...
South Carolina Coops Hit Hard by Winter Weather
Posted on Feb 18, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Reliability | Comments Off on South Carolina Coops Hit Hard by Winter Weather
Rural South Carolina was hit especially hard by the winter storms that recently swept across the Southeast, with most of the damage in areas served by The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina. At one point, as many as 346,000 South Carolina residents were without power after more than an inch of ice coated trees and power lines in some areas. Click here for more.
New White Paper Calls for Focus on Grid Stability
Posted on Feb 13, 2014 in Energy Savings Programs, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on New White Paper Calls for Focus on Grid Stability
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska recently issued a white paper warning that grid stability is complicated by coal plant retirements, environmental regulations and requirements for integrating renewable energy resources. Senator Murkowski’s paper, which has been praised by some in the industry, calls for policymakers to place grid reliability and affordability at the front of their...
Minnesota Coop Members Allowed to Pre-Purchase Energy
Posted on Feb 4, 2014 in Environmental, Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Rates, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Minnesota Coop Members Allowed to Pre-Purchase Energy
Lake Region Electric Cooperative, based in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, is investing in a community solar initiative through a program that gives its members the chance to buy part of the solar output from the HQ Prairie solar project built at the coop’s headquarters. Participation in the program was offered to members on a voluntary, market-based basis, which the coop hopes will keep...
Coops Intervene in State’s Challenge of FERC Incentives
Posted on Feb 3, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Coops Intervene in State’s Challenge of FERC Incentives
On January 24, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, against a challenge by the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC), upheld incentives granted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for certain transmission projects undertaken by Virginia Electric and Power Company. Two generation and transmission cooperatives, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative...
Vermont Coop Spends More than $7 Million on Damage from Ice Storm
Posted on Jan 24, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Rates | Comments Off on Vermont Coop Spends More than $7 Million on Damage from Ice Storm
Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) recently spent an unprecedented sum to repair damage caused by recent ice storms. While the cost is significant for a coop of VEC’s size, the coop’s goal is to find efficiencies and other ways to avoid rate increases. Another utility in Vermont recently announced a “storm surcharge” to cover its storm-related costs. Read more here.
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