Proposed Net Metering Amendment Controversial in Minnesota
Posted on May 9, 2011 in Energy Savings Programs, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Proposed Net Metering Amendment Controversial in Minnesota
A proposed amendment to Minnesota’s net metering law would allow utilities to pay wholesale, rather than retail, rates to small power generators producing less than 40 kilowatts. Many rural coops argue that the state’s current law forces other customers to subsidize the coops’ small generator customers and with significant rate implications. Opponents to the proposed amendment are...
Cooperative Among Participants at Congressional Hearing on the Future of Hydropower Generation
Posted on May 5, 2011 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Cooperative Among Participants at Congressional Hearing on the Future of Hydropower Generation
The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing Wednesday to discuss the legal and regulatory barriers to increased hydropower generation. Consumers Power, Inc., an Oregon cooperative, was among the participants and noted concerns about overgeneration related to the rapid increase of wind being generated in the region. For CPI’s complete testimony, click...
Several Utilities Suing Tribal Group Over Power Line Access
Posted on May 2, 2011 in Land Use, Litigation, Project Development | Comments Off on Several Utilities Suing Tribal Group Over Power Line Access
Five utilities, including Minnkota Power Cooperative of Grand Forks, North Dakota, have filed a lawsuit in federal court arguing that the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has no authority to stand in the way of a high-voltage power line that would cross the band’s Minnesota reservation. The five coops are part of a joint initiative of 11 utilities called CapX 2020 that are supporting...
Transmission Line Proposed to Serve New Pipeline
Posted on Apr 28, 2011 in Project Development | Comments Off on Transmission Line Proposed to Serve New Pipeline
Basin Electric Power Cooperative proposes to build and oversee a 70-mile transmission line in South Dakota. The line would improve reliability and supply additional power needed to operate a Keystone XL oil pipeline proposed in the same area. While Basin Electric has yet to submit the project to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission for approval, the coop plans to begin...
Florida Public Service Commission to Consider Territorial Dispute Between Coop and Gulf Power
Posted on Apr 25, 2011 in Land Use, Litigation, Project Development | Comments Off on Florida Public Service Commission to Consider Territorial Dispute Between Coop and Gulf Power
Gulf Power Company, part of Atlanta, Georgia’s, Southern Company, is in dispute with Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (CEC) over which utility will provide electric service to a new mixed-use development in the Florida panhandle. The development, Freedom Parkway, located in Crestview, Florida, consists of roughly 171 acres and will serve both residential and commercial...
Cape Solar Project Sets Bright Example
Posted on Apr 22, 2011 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Cape Solar Project Sets Bright Example
At a press conference on April 21, Cape & Vineyard Electric Cooperative President Charles McLaughlin announced CVEC had awarded an 18.3-megawatt project to American Capital Energy of North Chelmsford, to be installed on capped landfills in Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Eastham, and Harwich as well as in two Vineyard towns for a total of 10 sites. The CVEC project’s role in...
Proposed Plant Would Convert Methane to Electricity
Posted on Apr 19, 2011 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development | Comments Off on Proposed Plant Would Convert Methane to Electricity
Hoosier Energy, a coop in Indiana, plans to build a plant in the western region of the state that would turn methane extracted from the region’s coal bed into electricity. The project would generate 13 MW of power – enough to power roughly 7,000 homes. Hoosier spokesman Rick More said the plant’s cost is still being calculated. The plant is expected to go online in July 2012 and...
Vermont Coop-Nuclear Deal Not a Guarantee
Posted on Apr 1, 2011 in Legislative & Politics, Project Development | Comments Off on Vermont Coop-Nuclear Deal Not a Guarantee
The proposed power purchase agreement between Entergy Corp. and Vermont Electric Cooperative Inc. as posted Thursday on the Coop Law Blog is not a done deal. The cooperative’s board must first approve the 20-year contract, which provides an initial rate of 4.9 cents per kilowatt-hour and board members are worried about the reliability of the Vernon nuclear power plant. The board...
Coop-Nuclear Deal May Not Save Vermont Plant
Posted on Mar 31, 2011 in Legislative & Politics, Project Development | Comments Off on Coop-Nuclear Deal May Not Save Vermont Plant
Entergy Corp. has reached a potential deal with Vermont Electric Cooperative Inc., Vermont’s third-largest electric company, to purchase power from the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant under a 20-year contract. The move came after Entergy was unable to sell the plant or reach similar purchase agreements with the state’s largest utilities. The terms of the Vermont Electric deal...
Upsurge in North Dakota Demand Sees Additional Investment
Posted on Mar 31, 2011 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development | Comments Off on Upsurge in North Dakota Demand Sees Additional Investment
Central Power Electric Cooperative plans to invest $10 million in additional infrastructure to meet growing demand for power in the Minot, North Dakota, area. Significant oil field development prompted the need for additional power, both to supply the oil wells and to provide electricity to a growing workforce. Central Power aims to build enough capacity to sustain the area’s...
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