Georgia EMC Adds Solar Power Facility
Posted on Dec 18, 2015
Green Power EMC of Georgia (Green Power) has entered into a 25-year power purchase contract with Silicon Ranch Corporation (Silicon Ranch). Under the contract Green Power will purchase the full output of a Silicon Ranch solar project located in Jeff Davis County, Georgia. The Solar Project, which occupies 135 acres of land, contains 187,000 solar panels and is expected to produce more than 43,000 MW hours of electricity each year.
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New Law Helps Coops Respond to Emergencies
Posted on Dec 15, 2015
President Obama has signed into law bipartisan transportation legislation that helps electric cooperatives respond during emergencies. The law provides liability protection to electric utility operators from violations of federal, state or local environmental laws for a specified period while complying with a Department of Energy emergency order.
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Tucson Electric Power and Navopache Electric Cooperative reach 25-year Power Supply Agreement
Posted on Dec 11, 2015
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has reached a 25-year wholesale power supply agreement with Navopache Electric Cooperative (Navopache) to begin delivering power on January 1, 2017. Under the agreement, TEP will satisfy Navopache’s energy requirements and provide ancillary services that support the transmission of electric power and help ensure service reliability to Navopache’s 33,000 members in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico.
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Electric Cooperative Inks Agreement for Solar Projects with German Solar Integrator
Posted on Dec 9, 2015
Western Farmers Electric Cooperative has contracted with German-based Phoenix Solar AG for the construction by Phoenix Solar of 19 photovoltaic facilities, located mostly in Oklahoma, totaling approximately 26.6 MW (DC) in the aggregate.
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Congress Votes against EPA Clean Power Plan
Posted on Dec 9, 2015
The House and Senate each approved resolutions of disapproval regarding the EPA Clean Power Plan. The President is expected to veto the resolutions. The Clean Power Plan becomes law December 22, 2015.
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Regulators Give Kentucky G&T Go-Ahead to Purchase Power Plant
Posted on Dec 8, 2015
Kentucky regulators have decided that East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. can purchase a gas-fired plant located in La Grange, Kentucky. The plant includes three natural gas combustion turbines, each with a maximum output of 198 MWs. The units are simple-cycle, meaning that there is no conversion of waste heat into steam to drive a secondary electric generator.
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Coal Generation in the U.S. Down More than Expected
Posted on Dec 3, 2015
A survey conducted by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, which was recently presented during a Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee hearing, shows that a coal-fired generation for a significant majority of utilities surveyed is below forecasted totals.
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Solar Energy to be Added in Virginia
Posted on Dec 1, 2015
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (Old Dominion) has signed a deal that will bring 30 MW of solar energy to its member coops in three states. Old Dominion will buy the output from two projects in Virginia being developed by Hecate Energy of Nashville, Tennessee.
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Coops Merge in Tennessee and Kentucky
Posted on Nov 20, 2015
Members of Tennessee-based Gibson Electric Membership Corporation recently voted to approve a merger with Kentucky-based Hickman-Fulton Counties Rural Electric Cooperative. Gibson EMC president and CEO Dan Rodamaker reported that all employees would retain their jobs. The merger will save Hickman-Fulton members approximately $12.6 million over the next 10 years.
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U.S. Senate Passes Resolutions to Repeal Clean Power Plan
Posted on Nov 19, 2015
The United States Senate has approved two resolutions that express formal congressional disapproval of two rules promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency limiting carbon emissions from new and existing power plants, including the controversial Clean Power Plan. The White House has threatened to veto the resolutions in recent policy statements.
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Arctic Alaska Has Received a Cold Weather Energy Storage System
Posted on Nov 18, 2015
Kotzebue Electric Association, an electric cooperative based in Kotzebue, Alaska, has installed a Saft Intensium Max+ 20M battery at its hybrid wind-diesel power system to provide cleaner, more reliable and less expensive power to Kotzebue whose annual average temperature is 22°F.
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Cooperative Threatens to Cut Off Power to Illinois State Departments for Unpaid Accounts
Posted on Nov 13, 2015
As Illinois remains without a budget through its first five months of fiscal year 2016, many bills are going unpaid, including its energy bills to Southwestern Electric Cooperative Inc. (Southwestern). Southwestern has already exceeded its policies for disconnection for lack of payment and is now threatening to cut off service to the Illinois state departments unless the bills are paid by December 1.
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Basin Asks D.C. Circuit to Stay Clean Power Plan
Posted on Nov 9, 2015
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin) is among the electric industry participants asking the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit) to stay the implementation of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), arguing that preparing to comply with the CPP’s requirements while legal challenges are still pending would cause a significant waste of resources in the event that the CPP is struck down. Industry participants have also intervened in the case in support of the CPP, claiming that they have already spent money that may be lost if the CPP is not implemented.
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Arizona Corporation Commission Takes Incinerator Fight to State Supreme Court
Posted on Nov 5, 2015
A dispute between the Sierra Club and the Arizona Corporation Commission has reached the Supreme Court of Arizona. The dispute hinges on state utility regulators’ decision to allow a utility to generate electricity from burning garbage and call it a “renewable resource.” That utility—Mohave Electric Cooperative—had put forward a proposal to meet part of its renewable energy mandate through power generated from a proposed garbage incinerator. The proposal was approved four years ago by a 3-2 vote split down party lines.
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