Six Electric Cooperatives Receive DOE Fellowship for Low-Emission Energy Solutions
Posted on Oct 10, 2022
Six electric cooperatives across the country, including Vermont Electric Cooperative, Brunswick Electric Membership Corp., Connexus Energy, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative and Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for Clean Energy Innovator Fellowships to advance their low-emission energy solutions.
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Northeastern REMC Debuts Energy Storage
Posted on Oct 6, 2022
Northeastern Rural Electric Membership Corporation (Northeastern REMC) has exhibited an energy storage facility which will save customers $35 million over 20 years by purchasing power at night, when rates are lower, to distribute to customers during peak hours.
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Florida Cooperatives Warn That Repairs Could Take Weeks
Posted on Sep 29, 2022
As Florida continues to cope with effects of Hurricane Ian, electric cooperatives across the state have begun restoration and repair work after more than 300,000 meters lost power. Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative let members know by social media post that restorations would be delayed, but that full restoration efforts would begin on Friday morning. Lee County Electric Cooperative, based in Fort Myers, urged patience as they respond to catastrophic damage.
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Alabama Electric Cooperatives to Use Grant Funds for Broadband Network
Posted on Sep 28, 2022
A new $82.45 million grant will be used by Fiber Utility Network, a corporation formed by eight rural electric cooperatives, to fund broadband expansion efforts in unserved rural areas.
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New Climate Law a Game Changer for Electric Cooperatives
Posted on Sep 21, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act will unlock billions of dollars’ worth of clean energy tax credits previously inaccessible to community-owned electrical cooperatives, as well as $9.7 billion in grants and loans for such cooperatives to purchase or build new clean energy systems.
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Brazos Electric Seeks Creditor Approval for $1.4 Billion Bankruptcy Plan Emerging from 2021 Storm Costs
Posted on Sep 14, 2022
Brazos Electric Cooperative received the go-ahead from Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones to seek creditor approval for its bankruptcy plan that provides for Brazos to pay $1.4 billion to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) for costs stemming from February 2021 winter storms. During that time period, Brazos incurred a $2.1 billion bill from ERCOT, almost three times its total power costs for 2020, causing Brazos to file bankruptcy.
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AEPCO Purchases Batteries to Provide Members Lower Cost Energy at Peak Demand Times
Posted on Sep 14, 2022
Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO) and Southwest Cooperative Services have purchased three batteries capable of providing 140 megawatt-hours of energy storage for three cooperatives’ distribution systems. Each cooperative will be able to develop its own plan for deploying the batteries to meet their needs. The batteries will permit the cooperatives to distribute their power during peak periods to avoid purchasing electricity at higher market rates.
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CORE Electric Cooperative Asserts its Right to Withdraw from Comanche Unit 3
Posted on Sep 8, 2022
CORE Electric Cooperative has asserted its right to withdraw from partial ownership of the Comanche Unit 3 power plant by written notice to Public Service Company of Colorado, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy, Inc.
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MEMBERSHIP APPROVES CUSTOMER ARRANGEMENT WITH ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
Posted on Sep 7, 2022
Cooperatives Great River Energy and Connexus Energy have entered into a new customer arrangement that will allow Connexus Energy to secure more of its own power supply resources with minimal impact on Great River Energy’s member-owned cooperatives.
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DEMCO Launches Dispute Over Coal Plant Overages
Posted on Sep 6, 2022
DEMCO is launching a legal fight against its power provider, Cleco, over $30 million in purportedly excessive costs from overpriced electricity generated at the shuttered Dolet Hills Power Station in northwest Louisiana.
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COOPERATIVE TO BRING RAIL LINE, JOBS TO IMPOVERISHED AREA
Posted on Sep 1, 2022
Using economic development incentives awarded by the Pasco County Office of Economic Growth, Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative plans to build a light industrial park in one of Florida’s poorest areas, providing up to 150 full-time jobs.
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Utilities and Cooperatives Laud Inflation Reduction Act
Posted on Aug 31, 2022
Rural electric cooperatives and other utilities that operate in the Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado are hailing elements of the Inflation Reduction Act, which provides tax incentives and other benefits to encourage conversion to renewable energy. The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law August 16 by President Joe Biden, includes almost $370 billion to address climate change, including many provisions benefitting utilities and rural electric cooperatives.
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Kenergy Challenges PSC Ruling
Posted on Aug 26, 2022
Kenergy Corp., a rural power cooperative, has challenged state Public Service Commission (PSC) findings that it improperly restricted financial benefits to customers who produce solar energy. The dispute between Kenergy and the PSC stems from the cooperative’s “net metering program,” which allows customers who generate renewable energy to essentially sell it back into the power grid. In Kenergy’s program, the cooperative offers its qualified members credits on their power bills.
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Electric Cooperative Looks to Grants to Help Expand Internet Coverage to Rural Areas
Posted on Aug 24, 2022
Cullman Electric Cooperative, which has already invested $25 million to provide fiber optic internet coverage to 15,000 unserved customers, has begun applying for state grants to help achieve its goal of reaching all 35,000 members.
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