NRECA and Member Cooperatives to Speak to Lawmakers About Grid Reliability Challenges
Posted on Apr 23, 2026 in NRECA, Reliability | Comments Off on NRECA and Member Cooperatives to Speak to Lawmakers About Grid Reliability Challenges
Next week, the National Rural Electric Cooperative and its member cooperatives will meet with their members of Congress to urge lawmakers to address the challenges to grid reliability driven by rising energy demand from data centers and power plant retirements. Their key policy priorities include expanding the Rural Utilities Service Electric Loan Program, reforming FEMA’s...
NERC Reliability Assessment Amongst Extreme Winter Conditions
Posted on Nov 15, 2024 in Reliability | Comments Off on NERC Reliability Assessment Amongst Extreme Winter Conditions
Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, commented on the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) winter 2024-25 reliability assessment, highlighting a significant mismatch between skyrocketing electricity demand and inadequate supply. The NERC report indicates that over half the U.S. faces potential energy shortfalls during...
NRECA Criticizes Denial of EPA Power Plant Rule Stay
Posted on Jul 21, 2024 in NRECA, Reliability | Comments Off on NRECA Criticizes Denial of EPA Power Plant Rule Stay
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has denied NRECA’s motion to stay EPA’s new power plant rule, a rule that would require premature closure of power plants. NRECA criticized the decision, stating the new rule undermines electric reliability and poses an immediate threat to an already constrained electric grid.
San Miguel Power Association Assessing Microgrids to Increase Resilience
Posted on Feb 22, 2024 in Press Release, Reliability | Comments Off on San Miguel Power Association Assessing Microgrids to Increase Resilience
San Miguel Power Association (SMPA) is developing community-scale microgrids for remote Colorado towns in the San Juan Mountains, aiming to enhance resilience against blizzards and avalanches. Last winter, Silverton faced a severe “snowpocalypse” leaving residents without electricity until SMPA lineworkers managed a quick restoration, prompting the co-op to pursue...
NRECA Implores Lawmakers to focus on Grid Reliability following NERC Winter Reliability Assessment
Posted on Nov 20, 2023 in NRCEA, Reliability | Comments Off on NRECA Implores Lawmakers to focus on Grid Reliability following NERC Winter Reliability Assessment
Bolstering NRECA’s repeated warnings over the past several years, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) 2023-24 Winter Reliability Assessment revealed looming grid reliability challenges coupled with continued soaring electricity demand. NRECA believes recent policy proposals, such as EPA’s recent power plant proposal, do not adequately focus on electric...
South Carolina Cooperative: Reliability Remains Key Concern
Posted on Sep 15, 2023 in Reliability | Comments Off on South Carolina Cooperative: Reliability Remains Key Concern
Echoing NRECA’s message on the five biggest challenges threatening grid reliability, Bob Paulling, CEO of Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative, testified before the House Representatives on the urgent need to increase grid reliability throughout the nation. Amongst other measures, Paulling recommended streamlining permitting processes that unnecessarily delay new developments.
LS Power to Acquire 2.1 Gigawatt Natural Gas Generation Portfolio from Brazos Electric Power Cooperative
Posted on May 10, 2023 in Reliability | Comments Off on LS Power to Acquire 2.1 Gigawatt Natural Gas Generation Portfolio from Brazos Electric Power Cooperative
LS Power has reached an agreement with Brazos Electric Power Cooperative to acquire 2,145 megawatts of natural gas generation that will provide critical, reliable energy supply to an ERCOT market experiencing continued load growth.
Coops Receive Aid to Support Wildfire Repairs
Posted on Sep 23, 2021 in Natural Disaster, Reliability | Comments Off on Coops Receive Aid to Support Wildfire Repairs
Lane Electric Cooperative and Consumers Power Inc., two electrical coops serving customers in Oregon, will receive a combined $21 million to help cover the cost of repairs to electric transmission and distribution infrastructure damaged by wildfires in September 2020.
Electric Cooperatives Adjust Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Posted on Mar 24, 2020 in Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on Electric Cooperatives Adjust Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
As Americans reduce direct contact with one another to slow the spread of the coronavirus, generation and transmission cooperatives are working to keep electricity flowing to homes, businesses and institutions. For example, Great River Energy is giving the majority of its administrative staff the option of working remotely and has reduced staffing in its facilities to essential minimum...
Kansas Coop Contemplates Construction of Coal Plant
Posted on Nov 15, 2019 in Climate Change, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on Kansas Coop Contemplates Construction of Coal Plant
Sunflower Electric Power Corp. (“Sunflower”), an electric power cooperative in Kansas, plans to build the Holcomb 2 Plant, an approximately 895 MW coal plant. However, Sunflower must begin construction of the coal plant by March 2020 or it will lose its state construction permit. Against the backdrop of current prevailing politics regarding coal-fired plants and the steady retirement...
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