State Regulators Approve 200-Mile Transmission Line for Basin Electric
Posted on May 16, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on State Regulators Approve 200-Mile Transmission Line for Basin Electric
The North Dakota Public Service Commission recently approved Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s (Basin Electric) proposed 200-mile, 345-kV transmission line. The new transmission line will improve connections between the Antelope Valley Station and newly signed wind farm contracts and the coop’s members in other parts of the state. Electric Co-op Today has more on this...
Kansas Regulators’ Amendments to Permit May Clear Way for Coop’s Coal Project
Posted on May 12, 2014 in Environmental, Litigation, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Kansas Regulators’ Amendments to Permit May Clear Way for Coop’s Coal Project
After the Kansas Supreme Court overturned a permit granted to Sunflower Electric Power Corporation in 2010 to build a coal-fired power plant in the southwestern part of the state, state regulators are proposing an amendment to the permit that would require the new plant to meet the more rigorous standards laid out by the supreme court. The project is again meeting resistance from...
Oregon Coop Faces Maintenance Permitting Delays
Posted on May 9, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics, Permitting | Comments Off on Oregon Coop Faces Maintenance Permitting Delays
Under federal law, Redmond, Oregon-based Central Electric Cooperative (CEC) must obtain permits to perform maintenance on its transmission lines located on public land. CEC has argued that the permits can make providing safe and reliable electricity more difficult. Click here for more.
An End in Sight for Local Jurisdictional Dispute
Posted on Mar 27, 2014 in Litigation, Permitting, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on An End in Sight for Local Jurisdictional Dispute
The city council for McLeansboro, Illinois, appears ready to settle a multi-year lawsuit against Wayne-White Electric Cooperative and a local school district alleging that the coop impinged on the exclusive rights of the municipal electric utility to serve the local high school. Details on the settlement are not yet available; the parties are reviewing and considering ratification of...
ODEC Receives Approval for 1,000-MW Natural Gas-Fired Plant
Posted on Mar 27, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on ODEC Receives Approval for 1,000-MW Natural Gas-Fired Plant
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC), a Virginia-based G&T, obtained approval from the Maryland Public Service Commission for its planned 1,000-MW natural gas-fired plant to be built in Cecil County, Maryland. The project, known as the Wildcat Point plant, is expected to come online by June 2017 and will be built next to the existing Rock Springs generating facility in Rising...
Golden Spread Proposes New Transmission Line
Posted on Dec 17, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Permitting, Project Development, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Golden Spread Proposes New Transmission Line
Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Golden Spread) is planning a new transmission line that would connect the present divide between the power grid that covers the Texas Panhandle and the grid for the rest of Texas. The coop, along with Sharyland Utilities, L.P. (Sharyland) will connect new and existing natural gas generation units north of Abernathy to the new transmission...
New Mexico Coops Face Additional Claims in Wildfire Suit
Posted on Nov 5, 2013 in Litigation, Permitting, Reliability | Comments Off on New Mexico Coops Face Additional Claims in Wildfire Suit
As last reported by the Sutherland Coop Team on September 19, 2012, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative (JMEC) and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association are among the entities facing claims that a 2011 wildfire caused millions of dollars in damages. Claimants argue that the fire started because a power line was downed by a tree that JMEC should have cleared. To learn...
FERC Conditionally Approves Alaskan Hydro Project
Posted on Aug 7, 2013 in Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on FERC Conditionally Approves Alaskan Hydro Project
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has conditionally approved a license for a 6.5-MW hydroelectric project in Alaska which will reportedly cost $38.8 million. The license was awarded to Copper Valley Electric Association for the proposed Allison Creek Hydroelectric Project. The license includes various environmental mitigation conditions for the project, which is...
Alaska Coop Seeking to Partner with State on Developing LNG Plant
Posted on Jul 30, 2013 in Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Permitting | Comments Off on Alaska Coop Seeking to Partner with State on Developing LNG Plant
Alaska’s Golden Valley Electric Association is one of four entities seeking to partner with the state in developing a small LNG plant at Prudhoe Bay, a spokesman for the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority said. The proposed LNG plant would process 9 billion cubic feet of gas per year and ship 300,000 gallons of LNG per day by truck to Fairbanks in Interior Alaska. For...
NRECA Asks FCC to Rethink Waivers for Technology
Posted on Jul 12, 2013 in Permitting, Regulation & Policy, Technology | Comments Off on NRECA Asks FCC to Rethink Waivers for Technology
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has voiced concerns that the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to allow the use of certain broadcast technology may be premature given the potential for interference in the operation of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, given the key role that SCADA systems play in the management of...
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