Texas Electric Cooperatives Leadership Announces Expansion of Alliance with Rio Grande Electric Cooperative
Posted on Feb 16, 2023
The Texas Electric Cooperatives (TEC) leadership has announced an expansion of an alliance with Rio Grande Electric Cooperative (RGEC) to include supply chain management. TEC has set up warehouse operations to provide aggregate procurement, material management, order pulling and staging, kitting jobs, job-site delivery, and 24/7 emergency support for RGEC. The expansion will reduce operational costs for RGEC through aggregated purchasing power.
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Montana Cooperative Adds Second Unit to Generate Renewable Energy From Landfill Gas
Posted on Feb 14, 2023
Flathead Electric Cooperative has been operating its landfill gas project for more than a decade, and the project has been so successful and affordable that it is doubling the capacity by adding an additional unit. The combined capacity of the two units, drawing methane from the same intake system, is expected to provide enough electricity to meet the needs of 3,200 average homes on the cooperative’s 73,000-meter system.
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A New $750 Million Power Station Will Supply Electricity to a Group of Five Electric Cooperatives in Louisiana
Posted on Feb 14, 2023
A $750 million, 700-megawatt electric generation plant is being built by Kindle Energy in Iberville Parish. The Magnolia Power Generating Station will supply power to the 1803 Electric Cooperative, an alliance of five utility groups, and is expected to begin commercial operations in May 2025.
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Three Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Receive More than $137 Million in Federal Funds to Assist in Upgrades
Posted on Feb 13, 2023
Three rural electric cooperatives in Arkansas are receiving funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assist in upgrades that will allow the cooperatives to reduce outage times by detecting power failures automatically.
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Michigan Cooperative to Develop Solar Farm
Posted on Feb 10, 2023
The Wolverine Power Cooperative has announced its plans to develop a solar farm on 580 acres of land in Otesgo County, Michigan, recently purchased from Georgia-Pacific. The development is a continuation of Wolverine Power Cooperative’s focus on diversifying power supply through renewable sources and creating jobs locally.
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Oregon Cooperative Volunteers to Electrify Guatemalan Village
Posted on Feb 7, 2023
The Oregon Rural Electric Cooperative Association, an organization of 18 cooperatives from around the state, will be sending 12 volunteers to the village of Ventura in Guatemala to install four miles of power lines that will power 35 homes. The volunteers will also be wiring those homes for electricity.
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New Cybersecurity Solution Being Adopted by Cooperatives
Posted on Feb 1, 2023
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Essence 3.0 cybersecurity solution has been deployed at nearly 55 electric cooperatives and helps with tracking and mitigating cybersecurity threats.
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National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Encourages Policymakers to Focus on Grid Reliability
Posted on Jan 30, 2023
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s CEO, Jim Matheson, encouraged policymakers to prioritize electric grid reliability in their energy transition policymaking during his recent address before the U.S. Energy Association’s 19th Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum.
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Basin Electric Power Cooperative to Purchase Generating Capacity from Technology Group Wartsila to Ensure Reliability and Expand Offerings
Posted on Jan 26, 2023
The Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin) will acquire generation balancing capacity through the Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV power plant owned by technology group Wartsila. The six 50SG gas engines have a combined output of 108 megawatts, balancing Basin’s generation from variable renewable resources.
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Electric Cooperatives Take Four of the Top Five Spots on the Annual J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Poll
Posted on Jan 25, 2023
The 2022 J.D. Power Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study is based on responses from 102,879 online interviews conducted from last January through November, and electric cooperatives dominated the top spots again. Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), headquartered in Cumming, Georgia, was the highest-ranking electric utility overall and Jackson EMC placed second.
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New Power Supply Partnership Between CORE Electric Cooperative and Invenergy
Posted on Jan 25, 2023
CORE Electric Cooperative (CORE), Colorado’s largest electric distribution cooperative, and Invenergy have entered into a twenty-year agreement to provide CORE with over 1.2 terawatt-hours of renewable energy per year.
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New $9.7 Billion U.S. Department of Agriculture Program to Focus on Renewables
Posted on Jan 25, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is in the process of designing a new renewables-focused program to assist rural electric cooperatives with the purchase of renewable energy, renewable energy systems, zero-emission systems and carbon capture and storage systems.
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Missouri Department of Economic Development Awards SEMO Electric Cooperative $16.6 Million for Broadband Development
Posted on Jan 24, 2023
Through the American Rescue Plan Act, the Missouri Department of Economic Development awarded $261 million to 60 recipients. SEMO Electric Cooperative was allocated $16,602,060 for three broadband projects in Butler and Stoddard Counties.
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North Dakota Generation and Transmission Cooperative’s Battery Rate Delivers Member Savings, Technology
Posted on Jan 20, 2023
In 2020, Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin) incorporated a member-owned trial battery rate into its rate schedule to permit its all-requirements contract members to test energy storage technology to reduce peak demand costs. The rate provision allows for up to 150 kilowatts of battery storage per distribution cooperative, and allows the cooperatives to decide when to charge and discharge the batteries. Corn Belt Power Cooperative, one of two Basin members utilizing the incentive, expects to avoid peak demand charges for up to six hours and recover its $3.5 million investment by...
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