NRECA: NIST Cyber Security Framework Should Consider Needs of Coops
Posted on Dec 26, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Technology | Comments Off on NRECA: NIST Cyber Security Framework Should Consider Needs of Coops
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is urging the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to keep in mind the varying organizations and structures of companies operating in the energy sector when developing its Cyber Security Framework (Framework), a project undertaken in response to a February 2013 executive order issued by President Obama. The...
Vermont Coop to Build 5-MW Solar Project
Posted on Nov 12, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Rates, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Vermont Coop to Build 5-MW Solar Project
The Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) is hoping to build the state’s largest utility-owned solar power project as part of a broader effort to help reduce the state’s dependence on fossil fuels. VEC is working with 14 other coops across the country on the 5-MW project in a first-of-its-kind initiative to make solar energy cost-competitive with other forms of electricity by the end of...
Coops Urge EPA to Slow Down Carbon Rule for Existing Plants
Posted on Oct 29, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Rates, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Coops Urge EPA to Slow Down Carbon Rule for Existing Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) first “listening session” for its pending Clean Air Act emissions standards had a strong showing from coops. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, along with individual coops from three states, proposed a fair solution that recognizes the billions of dollars already invested by coops to clean up existing plants and allows...
NRECA, Electric Coops, DOE Collaborate on Solar Energy
Posted on Oct 28, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on NRECA, Electric Coops, DOE Collaborate on Solar Energy
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), 15 electric cooperatives in a dozen states and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are collaborating on a jointly funded project called the SunShot Initiative, which is aimed at bringing down the cost of utility-scale solar projects by controlling the costs of labor, procurement and materials through standardization. NRECA’s...
Industrial Standards Group Rejects Limits on Water Heaters
Posted on Oct 14, 2013 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Regulation & Policy, Technology | Comments Off on Industrial Standards Group Rejects Limits on Water Heaters
In a victory for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and electric coops, an industrial standards organization has rejected water heater restrictions that could have cost coop members millions of dollars. The International Code Council voted down water heater limits recommended by the Natural Resources Defense Council at its code hearing in early October. As a result,...
NRECA Receives $3.6 Million Cyber Security Grant
Posted on Sep 25, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Technology | Comments Off on NRECA Receives $3.6 Million Cyber Security Grant
The Department of Energy recently awarded the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) a $3.6 million grant to be used to develop advanced cyber security technology to assist rural cooperatives in monitoring and securely managing their systems from changing threats. NRECA will work with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, Honeywell...
Coop Action Plan for EPA Regs
Posted on Sep 24, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Regulation & Policy, Technology | Comments Off on Coop Action Plan for EPA Regs
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) plans to enlist the support of electric coops and their members nationwide to deal with proposed regulations for future power plants that are built. The new Cooperative Action Network website seeks to organize this movement. NRECA will seek coop input as it develops comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
Coop Industry Group Seeks Reconsideration of Wastewater Rule
Posted on Sep 23, 2013 in Environmental, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Coop Industry Group Seeks Reconsideration of Wastewater Rule
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider its proposed guidelines for wastewater discharges from coal generation. According to NRECA, the EPA should carefully consider the cost effectiveness of the pending effluent limitations guidelines and especially their potential impact on smaller power...
NRECA Voices Concern Over Proposed EPA Startup and Shutdown Rule
Posted on Sep 13, 2013 in Environmental, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on NRECA Voices Concern Over Proposed EPA Startup and Shutdown Rule
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) voiced concerns that some cooperatives may not be able to satisfy, in a timely manner, the new rule on startup and shutdown of coal-based generation designed to limit emissions of hazardous air pollutants. Among other concerns, NRECA called for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to consider how compliance with the...
Coop Reporting Rules Modified by RUS
Posted on Sep 10, 2013 in Financing, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coop Reporting Rules Modified by RUS
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) reportedly plans to remove disincentives to electric coop participation in relending activities that involve rural development loan programs and energy efficiency. This move is in response to a request by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association that coop participation in certain loan and relending programs not lead to procedures that would...
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