Coops Working to Make Smart Grid Data More Accessible and Useful
Posted on Oct 25, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on Coops Working to Make Smart Grid Data More Accessible and Useful
As more coops and their members adopt smart meters and smart grid technology, the next step is to find ways to use this data to meet members’ needs. A number of coops have hired the Atlanta firm Verdeeco Inc. to help implement methods for coop members to better monitor and manage their energy use. Click here for more on this story.
Industrial Standards Group Rejects Limits on Water Heaters
Posted on Oct 14, 2013 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Regulation & Policy, Technology | Comments Off on Industrial Standards Group Rejects Limits on Water Heaters
In a victory for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and electric coops, an industrial standards organization has rejected water heater restrictions that could have cost coop members millions of dollars. The International Code Council voted down water heater limits recommended by the Natural Resources Defense Council at its code hearing in early October. As a result,...
NRECA Receives $3.6 Million Cyber Security Grant
Posted on Sep 25, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Technology | Comments Off on NRECA Receives $3.6 Million Cyber Security Grant
The Department of Energy recently awarded the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) a $3.6 million grant to be used to develop advanced cyber security technology to assist rural cooperatives in monitoring and securely managing their systems from changing threats. NRECA will work with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, Honeywell...
G&T Coop to Share Emissions Reduction Technology with Chinese Company
Posted on Sep 19, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on G&T Coop to Share Emissions Reduction Technology with Chinese Company
An emissions reduction technology developed by Minnesota-based Great River Energy (GRE) will now have an international impact. GRE has signed a 10-year licensing and technology transfer agreement to make its DryFining™ technology available in China. The DryFining™ technology will be used by Shenzhou Manufacturing Co., which provides coal processing equipment that serves mines and...
Virginia Has a New Biomass Plant
Posted on Sep 12, 2013 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Virginia Has a New Biomass Plant
Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative and NOVI Energy’s 49.9-MW biomass plant was recently connected to the PJM regional electric transmission grid and will continue pre-commercial operational testing for several more weeks. The $170 million plant uses waste wood from Southside Virginia’s logging industry to fuel the facility and will recycle wood ash. Read more here.
New Jersey Communities Consider New Electric Coops
Posted on Sep 10, 2013 in Energy Savings Programs, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development | Comments Off on New Jersey Communities Consider New Electric Coops
Two New Jersey townships have shown interest in forming their own electric coops after Plumsted Township successfully started a township-wide energy aggregation program that allows it to purchase energy in bulk for its residents, thus saving members about 14 percent on energy bills. The two townships, Lambertville and West Amwell, are seeking to submit a request for proposal and are...
NRECA Forming Cyber Security Task Force
Posted on Sep 9, 2013 in Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Technology | Comments Off on NRECA Forming Cyber Security Task Force
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is forming a task force to ensure that coops’ needs are met when cyber security regulations and legislation take shape and require coops to take responsibility for safeguarding their operations. The NRECA Cyber Security Task Force will focus on the implementation of cyber security standards by the North American Electric...
USDA Announces $11 Million in Loan Guarantees for Smart Grid Improvements
Posted on Sep 9, 2013 in Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Technology | Comments Off on USDA Announces $11 Million in Loan Guarantees for Smart Grid Improvements
At a recent regional meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) funding of projects across eight states, including $11 million in loan guarantees for smart grid improvements. See the USDA press release for a complete list of projects.
Washington Company Earns Large Energy Savings Rebate
Posted on Sep 4, 2013 in Energy Savings Programs, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on Washington Company Earns Large Energy Savings Rebate
Plum Creek Timber Company (Plum Creek), based in Seattle, Washington, received a $386,635 energy savings incentive check from Flathead Electric Cooperative (FEC) of Montana and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal non-profit agency based in the Pacific Northwest. Plum Creek became eligible for this rebate under the FEC/BPA Energy Smart Industrial Program for an energy...
Transmission Line Raises Cost Allocation Issues
Posted on Aug 16, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on Transmission Line Raises Cost Allocation Issues
The city planning commission in Wasilla, Alaska, is requiring Matanuska Electric Association to build new power lines underground to preserve scenic views along the Parks Highway near Wasilla. The $40 million project is approximately four times the cost of standard above-ground transmission poles. The coop recently announced its plan to file a tariff case allocating costs to...
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