Coop Faces Questions about Savings Potential from Renewable Energy
Posted on Mar 12, 2012 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coop Faces Questions about Savings Potential from Renewable Energy
The Massachusetts-based Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative, which is a regional agency created to pursue renewable energy projects for towns in the state, is facing questions about a recent initiative to pursue solar energy. Members of municipal energy committees in some towns have expressed doubt that they are getting the best possible deal from CVEC. The Cape Cod Times has more...
Delaware Coop Makes Plans for Solar
Posted on Mar 8, 2012 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Delaware Coop Makes Plans for Solar
The Delaware Electric Cooperative plans to build a 4 MW solar park capable of expanding to 8 MW of power generation. SunEdison has been tapped to develop the project, which will cost roughly $14 million with a projected completion date by early 2013. The project will help the coop satisfy Delaware’s renewable energy standards and create jobs. The Delaware Journal has the full...
Tri-State Signs PPA for Energy from Colorado Highlands Wind Project
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Tri-State Signs PPA for Energy from Colorado Highlands Wind Project
In a move to diversify its generation portfolio and increase the amount of energy from renewable resources, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., has agreed to purchase energy for the next 20 years from a 67-MW wind project to be build by Colorado Highlands Wind LLC. This agreement concludes an RFP process initiated by the coop in October 2011. Read more...
Coop Agrees to Purchase Power from Lumber Mill Biomass Plant
Posted on Feb 9, 2012 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coop Agrees to Purchase Power from Lumber Mill Biomass Plant
Flathead Electric Cooperative will purchase up to 2.5 MW from a a Montana timber mill generator powered by biomass energy. The 20-year agreement will begin in 2013 and should have a minimal impact on the coop members’ rates. The project will put biomass energy to good use and help manage forest health while creating jobs. Hungry Horse News has the details.
Idaho Company Seeks Landfill Gas PPA
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Idaho Company Seeks Landfill Gas PPA
Avista Corporation is asking the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to approve a purchase power agreement with Kootenai Electric Cooperative’s 3.2-megawatt landfill gas generating facility near Bellgrove, Idaho, 15 miles south of Coeur d’Alene. Under the agreement, Avista would purchase the project’s output at the lower of either 85 percent of the market rate or the...
Oregon Coop Looks to Change State Law
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 in Legislative & Politics, Rates, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Oregon Coop Looks to Change State Law
Umatilla Electric Cooperative hopes to change a 2007 state law to avoid raising customer rates to meet a state-mandated renewable energy portfolio. Currently Umatilla is a “small” energy provider under the law, but an increase in large customers, particularly Internet data centers, may force the coop into the “large” category. Umatilla would face approximately $40 million in added...
SWEPCO Signs Up for Wind Energy
Posted on Jan 26, 2012 in Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on SWEPCO Signs Up for Wind Energy
Pursuant to a court settlement over a 600-MW, coal-fired generation plant in Arkansas, Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) has entered into a power purchase agreement for 359 MW of wind energy. The settlement required the Arkansas plant developers to add 400 MW of renewable capacity by 2015. The majority of the wind generation will come from Oklahoma. Other generation sites...
County Grants Exception for Maryland Solar Farm
Posted on Jan 19, 2012 in Permitting, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on County Grants Exception for Maryland Solar Farm
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative’s (SMECO’s) proposed 5.5 MW solar farm located in Charles County, Maryland, will move forward thanks to an exception granted by the Charles County Board of Appeals. The planned solar farm will help SMECO meet its Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requirements as imposed by the Maryland Public Service Commission. The estimated cost of the solar...
Coops Oppose FERC Order on Environmental Redispatch
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 in Environmental, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coops Oppose FERC Order on Environmental Redispatch
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) filed in opposition of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) recent order instructing the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to revise its environmental redispatch policy. FERC found the policy discriminated against wind generators to the benefit of hydropower production. NRECA claimed the order exceeded...
BP Wind Energy and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power to Develop Two Wind Farms and Sell Power to Several Coops
Posted on Jan 12, 2012 in Renewable Energy | Comments Off on BP Wind Energy and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power to Develop Two Wind Farms and Sell Power to Several Coops
BP Wind Energy and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power are jointly developing a 141 MW wind farm in Pennsylvania and a 419 MW wind farm in Kansas with a combined $1 billion investment. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Inc. are both buying the output from the Pennsylvania wind farm under power purchase agreements. Associated Electric Cooperative...
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