Alaska Cooperative Shuts Down Largest Coal Plant
Posted on Jul 15, 2022
Golden Valley Electric Association has shut down Healy Unit 2, Alaska’s largest coal plant, opting to invest in wind energy and install $26.1 million in pollution-control equipment on Healy Unit 1 by the end of 2024. Healy 2 was both the largest coal plant in Alaska and the largest closure of a coal plant in Alaska.
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Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative Encourages Direct Payments to Promote Renewables
Posted on Jul 15, 2022
Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative’s CEO, David Bissell, spoke to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and encouraged Congress to support federal incentives for renewable power adoption, including direct payments for not-for-profit electric cooperatives.
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NRECA Broadband Provides New Support Services to Cooperatives
Posted on Jul 13, 2022
NRECA Broadband is launching a new service tier to provide strategic communication services, education and events, and focused business and technology support to participating electric cooperatives.
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Electric Cooperatives Help Lead Team to Find Supply Chain Solutions
Posted on Jul 11, 2022
A group of electric cooperative leaders is participating in a collaboration among utility industry experts to develop solutions to supply chain issues. The group will meet regularly to discuss solutions to current and future supply challenges.
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Basin Electric to Invest in Transmission Line Projects
Posted on Jul 8, 2022
Basin Electric will invest nearly half a billion dollars to develop three projects: the East Loop transmission project, the Roundup-to-Kummer Ridge transmission line, and the East Fork substation. The projects are expected to be completed by 2024 and 2025 and will support load growth in both residential and commercial power loads.
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SCOTUS Rules EPA Lacks the Authority to Cap Existing Power Plants’ CO2
Posted on Jul 1, 2022
On Thursday, June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) concluded that the Clean Power Plan’s limitation of carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants falls outside of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association supported an amicus brief filed by cooperatives with the Supreme Court outlining key arguments as to why the law was flawed and threatened electric reliability.
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Alaska Cooperative to Diversify Power Generation
Posted on Jul 1, 2022
Golden Valley Electric Association announced plans to retire one of two coal plants, add pollution controls to the second coal plant, seek proposals to build a large-scale wind farm, upgrade its battery storage system, and purchase more natural gas-fueled power from Southcentral Alaska. The cooperative is seeking to diversify power generation in both a low-cost and low-carbon scenario.
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Central Florida Electric Cooperative Approves Broadband Expansion
Posted on Jul 1, 2022
The Board of Directors for Central Florida Electric Cooperative approved a network project to provide internet to customers. The project will also permit the utility to use smart grid technology to better manage outages.
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Cooperative Uses New Projects to Minimize Rising Member Costs
Posted on Jun 29, 2022
Montrail-Williams Electric Cooperative announced plans to use sales from its new data center facility, among other projects, to offset rising prices and supply chain costs to its members.
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Consortium of Indiana Electric Cooperatives Participate in Statewide Broadband Collective
Posted on Jun 28, 2022
Accord Telecommunications Collaborative, a broadband service provider composed of twenty-one Indiana electric cooperatives, has invested in Hoosier Net, LLC, the first statewide network to provide internet to unserved communities in Indiana.
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CEO of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Testifies to Congress about Importance of Grid Reliability
Posted on Jun 28, 2022
Buddy Hasten, CEO of Arkansas Electric Cooperative, testified before Congress about the need for federal and state policies that support electric cooperatives in providing reliable and affordable energy to communities.
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Gibson Electric Membership Corporation Awarded State Grant
Posted on Jun 22, 2022
Gibson Electric Membership Corporation has been awarded a $4,650,880 grant through the Kentucky Broadband Deployment Program. The grant will be used to help bring high-speed, fiber-based internet to 1,763 users in Kentucky.
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Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. Constructing New Solar Farm
Posted on Jun 22, 2022
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. has started construction on a 122-megawatt solar array in Woodruff County. The new solar facility is expected to begin operating in July 2023.
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Judge Rejects Arbitration Request in Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Bankruptcy Case
Posted on Jun 16, 2022
A Texas judge rejected a request by one of Brazos Electric Power Cooperative’s (Brazos) creditors to arbitrate a contract dispute with Brazos over a shared coal plant, citing concerns that the arbitration could delay the bankruptcy case. Brazos is currently in a bankruptcy proceeding stemming from the historic 2021 Texas winter storm.
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