Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association Members Warned of Rate Hike
Posted on Aug 1, 2011 in Project Development, Rates | Comments Off on Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association Members Warned of Rate Hike
At the annual meeting last Thursday, Illinois-based Egyptian Electric Cooperative Association Board President Paul Pyatt and Executive Vice President/General Manager Jim Riddle explained that a rate increase likely would occur when Prairie State Energy Campus comes online. The new energy campus will help provide energy for a load that Pyatt and Riddle say has almost doubled in the...
Deadline for PSC Approval of CapX2020 Transmission Line Extended
Posted on Jul 22, 2011 in Permitting, Project Development | Comments Off on Deadline for PSC Approval of CapX2020 Transmission Line Extended
Although the Wisconsin Public Service Commission typically has 180 days to consider applications for major projects, a judge recently approved a six-month extension for the application filed by Dairyland Power Cooperative, Xcel Energy and Wisconsin Public Power Inc. for the CapX2020 transmission line. The proposed transmission line would connect Minnesota with La Crosse, Wisconsin. ...
NRCO Helps Mid-Atlantic Coops Enter Wind Purchase Agreements
Posted on Jul 21, 2011 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on NRCO Helps Mid-Atlantic Coops Enter Wind Purchase Agreements
The National Renewables Cooperative Organization (NRCO) facilitated negotiations for two Mid-Atlantic coops to enter separate power purchase agreements with BP Wind Energy. Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Inc. and Old Dominion Electric Cooperative recently agreed to purchase 30 MW and 75 MW respectively from the Mehoopany Wind Farm currently under development in Pennsylvania....
Solar Plant Talks Begin in Southern Maryland
Posted on Jul 21, 2011 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Solar Plant Talks Begin in Southern Maryland
Huntington, Maryland may be the home of a new two-acre solar energy plant. A meeting to discuss preliminary aspects of the proposed project will be held this Saturday with Calvert County residents invited to attend. The project’s voltage amount is not yet known, but if built, will connect into the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Inc. grid system. Read more.
Missouri Coop Agrees to Purchase 150 MW From Wind Capital
Posted on Jul 21, 2011 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Missouri Coop Agrees to Purchase 150 MW From Wind Capital
Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. will purchase 150 MW of power from a Wind Capital Group wind farm currently under development in Oklahoma. The wind farm has a construction completion date of June 2012. Read the full story here.
Arizona Corporate Commission Approves New Waste-to-Energy Plant
Posted on Jul 18, 2011 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Arizona Corporate Commission Approves New Waste-to-Energy Plant
Last week, the Arizona Corporate Commission approved an application filed in November 2010 by Mohave Electric Cooperative for a waste-to-energy plant as a pilot program. MEC, which distributes electricity to nearly 40,000 customers, plans to build the plant in the Phoenix area. The plant could generate about 11 megawatts of electricity, supplying roughly 2,700 homes with electricity....
Coop Selects Roberts and Schaefer as EPC Contractor for the First U.S. Installation of a Dry Bottom Ash System
Posted on Jul 8, 2011 in Energy Savings Programs, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Technology | Comments Off on Coop Selects Roberts and Schaefer as EPC Contractor for the First U.S. Installation of a Dry Bottom Ash System
Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc. has chosen Roberts and Schaefer, a subsidiary of KBR, to furnish engineering, construction and procurement services in connection with its installation of a new dry bottom ash system at its Palatka, Florida coal-fired generating facilities. According to a KBR press release, the new system is expected to make the facilities more efficient and reduce...
Coop Spokesman Critical of Georgia Watch Report on Cost of Coal-Fired Plant
Posted on Jun 24, 2011 in Environmental, Project Development, Rates | Comments Off on Coop Spokesman Critical of Georgia Watch Report on Cost of Coal-Fired Plant
A coop spokesman questioned the findings of a recent report, released by Georgia Watch, a consumer advocacy organization, which concludes that the proposed, coal-fired Plant Washington could cause rates to increase if the plant is built. The report’s conclusions are based in part on projections of rising construction costs and new regulations on coal plants. The plan to build the...
New Mexico Coop Completes PPA for 1.5 MW Solar Plant
Posted on Jun 21, 2011 in Financing, Project Development | Comments Off on New Mexico Coop Completes PPA for 1.5 MW Solar Plant
Taos, New Mexico coop Kit Carson Rural Electric Cooperative recently signed a power purchase agreement with Standard Solar Inc. for a 1.5-megawatt utility-scale photovoltaic generating facility. The project will include 5,280 solar PV panels and will offset approximately 1,500 tons of greenhouse gases per year. Kit Carson has agreed to purchase electricity from the facility for...
Beartooth Electric Coop Faces Pressure in Building Plans
Posted on Jun 21, 2011 in Project Development | Comments Off on Beartooth Electric Coop Faces Pressure in Building Plans
Seventy members of Montana-based Beartooth Electric Cooperative signed a letter calling for the board of directors to complete an independent analysis of whether the coop should continue building the Highwood Generating Station. Highwood is a 120-megawatt gas-fired plant being built by the Billings-based Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission, which also provides...
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