Montana Coop to Purchase Energy from Biomass Facility
Posted on Sep 21, 2013 in Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Montana Coop to Purchase Energy from Biomass Facility
Flathead Electric Cooperative, Inc. recently entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement with Stoltze Lumber. Sized at approximately 2.5 MW, the biomass facility will use woodchips, sawdust, and bark to create steam which is used in the process of drying lumber and also to generate electricity. KAJ News has the full story.
Louisiana Coops Hit Net Metering Cap
Posted on Sep 19, 2013 in Energy Savings Programs, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Louisiana Coops Hit Net Metering Cap
The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) set a September 30 deadline for retail customers to install generating devices (e.g., solar panels) in order to participate in net metering. The deadline applies only to customers of certain coops who have reached the 0.5% cap set by the Louisiana PSC at which the coops are no longer required to offer net metering. Instead, the coops may...
Virginia Has a New Biomass Plant
Posted on Sep 12, 2013 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Virginia Has a New Biomass Plant
Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative and NOVI Energy’s 49.9-MW biomass plant was recently connected to the PJM regional electric transmission grid and will continue pre-commercial operational testing for several more weeks. The $170 million plant uses waste wood from Southside Virginia’s logging industry to fuel the facility and will recycle wood ash. Read more here.
More Solar to be Built in South Carolina
Posted on Sep 12, 2013 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on More Solar to be Built in South Carolina
Santee Cooper is partnering with Central Electric Power Cooperative and other South Carolina coops to build a 3-MW solar farm scheduled to begin construction by the end of 2013. Renewable energy makes up roughly 1 percent of the state’s generation portfolio, and the new solar project would be the largest in the state. Click here for more information.
Coop Reporting Rules Modified by RUS
Posted on Sep 10, 2013 in Financing, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coop Reporting Rules Modified by RUS
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) reportedly plans to remove disincentives to electric coop participation in relending activities that involve rural development loan programs and energy efficiency. This move is in response to a request by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association that coop participation in certain loan and relending programs not lead to procedures that would...
CFC Announces Pilot Program with NRCO and Federated
Posted on Sep 9, 2013 in Financing, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on CFC Announces Pilot Program with NRCO and Federated
The National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) is working with the National Renewables Cooperative Organization (NRCO) and Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange (Federated) to promote a more efficient process for the development of solar projects by coops. NRCO will play a guiding role in the program by advising coops on project management, marketing and...
Wind Farm Owner Files Informal Compliant Against Coop
Posted on Aug 30, 2013 in Litigation, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Wind Farm Owner Files Informal Compliant Against Coop
Alaska Environmental Power (AEP) has filed an informal complaint with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska against the Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) relating to AEP’s Delta Wind Farm. The complaint alleges that GVEA has not taken sufficient steps to open its transmission system to independent producers of renewable energy. The AEP’s CEO has stated that GVEA has committed...
Delaware Solar Farm Facility Up and Running
Posted on Aug 22, 2013 in Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Delaware Solar Farm Facility Up and Running
Delaware Electric Cooperative (DEC) recently commenced operations at its 4-MW solar facility located near Georgetown, Delaware. The $14 million project will help DEC meet the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) set at 25 percent by 2025. The solar farm was built using no state subsidies and without raising customer rates. Click here for the full story.
Coop Expresses Transmission Concerns with Wind Proposal
Posted on Aug 20, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coop Expresses Transmission Concerns with Wind Proposal
BNE Energy, a Connecticut company, is seeking to develop a new six-turbine, 18-MW wind project adjacent to Green Mountain Power’s existing 21-turbine Kingdom Community wind project. Some are saying there is not enough available transmission for both. Vermont Electric Cooperative has weighed in on the subject, expressing concern that the new turbines would exacerbate the...
Vermont Coop Limits Future Solar Installations
Posted on Aug 15, 2013 in Energy Savings Programs, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Rates, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Vermont Coop Limits Future Solar Installations
Washington Electric Co-op (WEC) has announced that, as of October, it will limit the use of net metering for future solar installations on its system to the size of 5 kilowatts. In Vermont, the practice of net metering allows a utility’s members to make solar installations on a utility’s system and sell such power to the utility. WEC’s decision to limit the size of future...
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