Hawaii Coop Uses Renewables to Generate 90% of Island Electricity
Posted on Feb 24, 2016 in Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Hawaii Coop Uses Renewables to Generate 90% of Island Electricity
The Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (Kaua‘i) which serves 23,300 active member-owners over Kaua‘i’s 562 square miles, produced 90% of its island power from renewable sources during four periods on separate days in January. Annually, renewable resources including solar, biomass and hydropower make up 38% of this coop’s fuel mix for generating electricity, the remaining 62% is...
PEC’s Empower Loans Now Available to Its Members
Posted on Feb 17, 2016 in Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on PEC’s Empower Loans Now Available to Its Members
Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) is now offering loans through its Empower Loans program to support qualifying members seeking to install photovoltaic and battery storage systems connected to the coop’s distribution system. These loans can be repaid in monthly installments on the members’ electric bill and are available for up to $20,000 to those residential and commercial...
Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Renewable Designation for Trash Burning Plant
Posted on Feb 12, 2016 in Permitting, Project Development, Rates, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Renewable Designation for Trash Burning Plant
The Arizona Supreme Court upheld the Arizona Corporation Commission’s approval of Mohave Electric Cooperative’s (“Mohave”) plan to meet part of its renewable energy mandate through trash incineration. Such renewable designation will allow Mohave to impose a surcharge on its 39,000 customers to cover the higher costs of alternatives to conventional energy resources.
Supreme Court Grants Stay of Obama Clean Power Plan
Posted on Feb 10, 2016 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Supreme Court Grants Stay of Obama Clean Power Plan
The Supreme Court has granted a stay request from more than two dozen states, plus utilities and coal companies, to put on hold the implementation of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. The Court’s decision halts implementation but does not address the merits of the pending legal challenge to the plan, which asserts the Environmental Protection Agency has overstepped its powers. An...
Power Plant in Northern Arizona to Run on Forest Thinnings
Posted on Feb 9, 2016 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Power Plant in Northern Arizona to Run on Forest Thinnings
A power plant in Northern Arizona that will run on trees thinned from the forest to prevent fires has received an air-quality permit from the state. The power from the 1 MW plant will be sold to Navapache Electric Cooperative Inc.
Great River Energy Announces 2.25-MW Minnesota Solar Project
Posted on Feb 5, 2016 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Great River Energy Announces 2.25-MW Minnesota Solar Project
Great River Energy announced its largest solar project yet with the Dickinson Solar Project (“Project”), a 2.25-MW solar array six miles east of Buffalo, Minnesota. The Project will serve customers of Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association and responds to members’ interests in more renewable energy as it will replace electricity now generate by fossil fuels.
Electric Coops Ask Supreme Court to Block Clean Power Plan
Posted on Feb 2, 2016 in Environmental, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Electric Coops Ask Supreme Court to Block Clean Power Plan
Electric cooperatives are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to put the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on hold until all legal challenges are resolved. The petition comes after a federal appeals court rejected a similar request less than a week earlier.
Mississippi PSC Rejects Coop Associations’ Request to Reconsider Net-Metering Rule
Posted on Feb 1, 2016 in Rates, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Mississippi PSC Rejects Coop Associations’ Request to Reconsider Net-Metering Rule
The Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) put in place a net-metering rule, which allows customers to use rooftop solar panels to produce power and sell this power to utilities. The Electric Power Associations of Mississippi, Inc. asked the PSC to reconsider the rule, asserting that the PSC does not have the authority to impose this rule. The Commission rejected the Electric...
An End to Geothermal Incentives in Illinois
Posted on Jan 25, 2016 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on An End to Geothermal Incentives in Illinois
Incentives for geothermal energy systems in Illinois have ended. Geothermal systems are more expensive than traditional fossil fuel based HVAC systems, but result in savings down the road. While in place, the incentives—in the form of grants—helped cooperative members install 51 geothermal projects resulting in an aggregate annual savings of $681,000. The last of the incentive grants...
Colorado Coop Begins Supplying Additional Solar Power
Posted on Jan 25, 2016 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Colorado Coop Begins Supplying Additional Solar Power
Poudre Valley Rural Electric Cooperative (Poudre) recently began supplying members with additional solar energy from two large solar plants. The plants, owned by Silicon Ranch Corporation, will supply power to Poudre’s members pursuant to an outputs contract. The two plants produce a combined 8 megawatts of power from 100,000 panels and will supply enough electricity to meet the needs...
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