$3.6 Million Awarded to Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative to Support Distribution System Repairs
Posted on May 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative over $3.6 million to repair its distribution system, which was damaged during a serve winter storm last year.
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Stakeholders Ask President Biden to Prioritize U.S. Steel Production for Electric Grid
Posted on May 24, 2023
The NRECA and eight other national organizations recently wrote to the President requesting the prioritization of domestic steel production in order to help meet the unprecedented demand for electrification, grid modernization and resilience initiatives.
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Virginia Electric Cooperatives Seek to Make Solar Programs Permanent
Posted on May 16, 2023
Three electric cooperatives in eastern Virginia have requested that the State Corporation Commission make the pilot community solar programs which began three years ago permanent. Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, Northern Neck Electric Cooperative, and A&N Electric Cooperative urged the move as a way of offering options to climate conscious member-consumers.
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Biden Administration Makes $11 Billion Available for Clean Energy Development in Rural America
Posted on May 16, 2023
The White House announced the opening of two programs designed to distribute $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities to various stakeholders, including rural electric cooperatives, for investment in clean energy resources. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Empower Rural America program will provide $9.7 billion for rural electric cooperatives and its Power Affordable Clean Energy program will make $1 billion available to cooperatives and other renewable-energy developers and providers. The combined investment in clean energy is the largest such federal intervention in rural...
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NRECA Chief Executive Officer Questions EPA’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Rules
Posted on May 11, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced rules for greenhouse gas emissions this week, with initial requirements beginning in 2030, which could spur the retirement of certain coal-fired and gas-fired generators. The limits vary based on the size of the generator and certain operational characteristics. National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Chief Executive Officer Jim Matheson expressed concern that the proposal may force “critical always-available power plants into early retirement,” while making new natural gas plants more challenging to permit, site, and...
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Electric Cooperatives and Produce Company Collaborate to Create New Electric Refrigeration Trucking Units
Posted on May 10, 2023
Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corporation, Hollar & Greene Produce and North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives recently unveiled new electric refrigeration trucking units that will help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and provide a more energy efficient way to transport produce.
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LS Power to Acquire 2.1 Gigawatt Natural Gas Generation Portfolio from Brazos Electric Power Cooperative
Posted on May 10, 2023
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.
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Oregon Electric Cooperative to Receive Federal Grant to Help Prevent Wildfires
Posted on May 3, 2023
Douglas Electric Cooperative in Oregon has been awarded a $9.1 million grant by the U.S. Forest Service to assist in the removal of trees at risk of falling on power lines and sparking wildfires that threaten homes and businesses.
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NorthWestern Energy Partners with East River Electric Cooperative for Switchyard Upgrade
Posted on May 1, 2023
NorthWestern Energy has partnered with East River Electric Cooperative and Central Electric Cooperative for a $7.8 million switchyard project. The project will increase reliability for customers in the area.
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Cooperative to Acquire Fiber Broadband Services
Posted on Apr 27, 2023
Choptank Electric Cooperative and its subsidiary have finalized a deal to acquire thousands of broadband customers from Bay Country Communications over the next decade.
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National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Urges Congress to Reduce Broadband Costs through Permitting Reform
Posted on Apr 25, 2023
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) senior vice president told the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee that the 200 electric cooperatives which provide broadband to their members face expensive delays in permitting, complicating access to the $42.5 billion in the Broadband Equity, Access and Development Program.
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Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative to Acquire Sherman Gas Plant
Posted on Apr 20, 2023
Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative (Rayburn) announced a definitive agreement to purchase a 758 megawatt natural gas-fueled power plant located in Grayson County, Texas. Renamed Rayburn Energy Station, the plant will add to Rayburn’s strategically diverse energy portfolio and is capable of powering 750,000 homes.
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Cooperative Leader Encourages House Panel to Improve Endangered Species Act Implementation to Support both Wildlife and Communities
Posted on Apr 19, 2023
The general manager of Harney Electric Cooperative in Hines, Oregon, described the importance of flexibility in implementing the Endangered Species Act to a House panel on Tuesday to simultaneously protect wildlife and prioritize affordable electricity access.
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Cooperatives Argue Interim National Environmental Policy Act Greenhouse Gas Guidance Oversteps
Posted on Apr 18, 2023
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the American Public Power Association filed formal comments arguing that the interim guidance on greenhouse gas emissions is overbroad, fails to provide sufficient regulatory guidance, and because of the role compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act plays in the approval of financing, will delay electric infrastructure projects in rural communities.
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