Power Wholesaler Predicts Slow Growth in Energy Demand
Posted on Nov 5, 2012 in Economic Downturn, Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use, Project Development | Comments Off on Power Wholesaler Predicts Slow Growth in Energy Demand
According to a planning outlook filed with state regulators last week, Great River Energy (GRE), a large power wholesaler to Minnesota coops, projects slow growth in electrical demand and no need to build new power plants for at least 15 years. The Maple Grove-based utility is the state’s second-largest electricity producer behind Xcel Energy. GRE supplies power to 28 retail...
Hawaii Coop Reveals Solar Facility Progress
Posted on Oct 23, 2012 in Land Use, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Hawaii Coop Reveals Solar Facility Progress
Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative of Hawaii is building a $40 million, 12-MW solar project on 67 acres on the south side of its island territory. The project site, a former sugar cane farm, will be leased from the Grove Farm Co. The coop hopes to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals by July 2013, and the goal is to have the site online by late 2014. Read more on this...
Alaska Coop Breaks Ground on New Plant
Posted on Aug 20, 2012 in Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use, Project Development | Comments Off on Alaska Coop Breaks Ground on New Plant
Matanuska Electric Association (MEA), Alaska’s oldest and second-largest electric cooperative, recently broke ground on a new plant site. The dual-fuel generation plant will sit on a 70-acre site northeast of Anchorage at Eklutna. MEA has been a CFC 100-percent Independent Borrower since 1995. Construction of the plant is being supported by bridge financing from the National...
Coops Team Up for Illinois Landfill Gas-to-Energy Facility
Posted on Aug 16, 2012 in Land Use, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coops Team Up for Illinois Landfill Gas-to-Energy Facility
Wabash Valley Power Association and Hendricks Power Cooperative teamed up with Waste Management to construct a 3.2-MW landfill gas-to-energy facility located in Danville, Illinois. The facility is the fourth of its kind at the site and can be expanded in the future as the landfill’s methane gas generation increases. Click here for more.
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.
New Mexico Coop Likely to Raise Rates in Response to Financial Strains
Posted on Aug 10, 2012 in Corporate Governance, Economic Downturn, Land Use, Rates | Comments Off on New Mexico Coop Likely to Raise Rates in Response to Financial Strains
Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative may have to raise rates to cover deals it made years ago with local tribes for right-of-way easements for transmission lines that cross the property of eight pueblos and two tribes. The coop is facing another financial strain – it has only a month’s worth of cash left in the bank and is in default on $29 million owed to two lenders. The New...
Radioactive Waste to be Removed from Inactive Dairyland Power Nuclear Plant
Posted on Jul 17, 2012 in Environmental, Land Use | Comments Off on Radioactive Waste to be Removed from Inactive Dairyland Power Nuclear Plant
Dairyland Power Cooperative’s La Crosse nuclear power plant in western Wisconsin, inactive since 1987, is finally being emptied of its nuclear waste. The waste has been maintained on site in “wet storage.” The transfer of the waste to sealed concrete-lined storage tanks is estimated to cost as much as $45 million, which includes careful planning for contingencies such as earthquakes...
Coop Reaches Deal with Tribe on Easement
Posted on Jun 29, 2012 in Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use | Comments Off on Coop Reaches Deal with Tribe on Easement
Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative and the Ohkay Owingeh Tribe are seeking approval from the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission on a deal allowing the coop to maintain its infrastructure on tribal land for 25 years at a cost of $11.25 million. The negotiated agreement ends a previous arrangement that was largely based on oral agreements between the parties. The coop says it...
Idaho Coop Constructs Landfill-to-Gas Generator
Posted on May 31, 2012 in Land Use, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Idaho Coop Constructs Landfill-to-Gas Generator
Kootenai Electric Cooperative teamed up with Kootenai County to develop a landfill-to-methane gas generation facility at the Fighting Creek Landfill. The coop leases the land for the facility and purchases the methane gas produced there from the county. The coop then uses the gas to produce electricity and power local homes. The Kootenai coop funded the $6.5 million plant with Clean...
Construction Begins on 250-Mile Transmission Line in North Dakota
Posted on May 16, 2012 in Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Construction Begins on 250-Mile Transmission Line in North Dakota
Construction began this week on Minnkota Power Cooperative’s $312 million, 250-mile transmission line, which will run from Center to Grand Forks, North Dakota. The 345-kilovolt transmission line is the longest line built in North Dakota in more than 30 years and should be completed by the end of 2013. The line will deliver coal-fired power from a plant near Center, which will allow...
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