Coop Selects Roberts and Schaefer as EPC Contractor for the First U.S. Installation of a Dry Bottom Ash System
Posted on Jul 8, 2011 in Energy Savings Programs, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Technology | Comments Off on Coop Selects Roberts and Schaefer as EPC Contractor for the First U.S. Installation of a Dry Bottom Ash System
Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc. has chosen Roberts and Schaefer, a subsidiary of KBR, to furnish engineering, construction and procurement services in connection with its installation of a new dry bottom ash system at its Palatka, Florida coal-fired generating facilities. According to a KBR press release, the new system is expected to make the facilities more efficient and reduce...
Tennessee Includes Utility Vehicles in its Move Over Law
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 in Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on Tennessee Includes Utility Vehicles in its Move Over Law
Tennessee’s extended Move Over law became effective July 1, 2011. This law now includes electric and other utility vehicles in the already existing protections for police, fire and highway construction vehicles. This means that, effective July 1, motorists approaching a utility vehicle with flashing lights are required to move over to the extent it is safe to do so, creating an...
Jackson Energy Coop Participates in Technology to Convert Natural Gas to Electricity from Stranded Wells
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 in Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on Jackson Energy Coop Participates in Technology to Convert Natural Gas to Electricity from Stranded Wells
Kentucky-based Wellhead Energy Systems has developed a way to convert natural gas to electricity at the well and feed it into the power grid. Wellhead installed the first station in Jackson County because the coop Jackson Energy has worked closely with the company. This strategy would involve tapping so-called “stranded” gas wells to generate electricity. Stranded wells are...
The D.C. Circuit Rejects Sierra Club’s Citizen Suit
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 in Environmental, Litigation | Comments Off on The D.C. Circuit Rejects Sierra Club’s Citizen Suit
In a decision issued Friday, the D.C. Circuit rejected the Sierra Club’s appeal of the dismissal of its suit seeking to compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the construction of two power plants in Kentucky. The Sierra Club brought this suit under the citizen suit provision of the Clean Air Act to challenge the EPA’s failure to take action to prevent the construction...
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Senate Testimony on Proposed EPA Regulations
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 in Environmental | Comments Off on Tri-State Generation and Transmission Senate Testimony on Proposed EPA Regulations
An executive of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., a coop based in Westminster, Colorado, testified on June 30, 2011, to a U.S. Senate subcommittee about how proposed pollution regulations – namely the Clean Air Interstate Rule and the Clean Air Mercury Rule – would affect the coop. The testimony can be found here.
Coop Vice President Testifies on Impact of Proposed EPA Regulations
Posted on Jul 1, 2011 in Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Coop Vice President Testifies on Impact of Proposed EPA Regulations
Ms. Barbara Walz, the senior vice president for policy and environmental issues at Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., testified to the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday about the impact of proposed EPA pollution regulations on her organization. Tri-State, based in Colorado, is a member-owned electric coop. Ms. Walz argued that the...
Pedernales Electric Cooperative Board Changes How Unclaimed Capital Credits Are Released
Posted on Jul 1, 2011 in Corporate Governance, Financing | Comments Off on Pedernales Electric Cooperative Board Changes How Unclaimed Capital Credits Are Released
The board of Pedernales Electric Cooperative, the largest electric distribution cooperative in the United States, has voted to change how it releases unclaimed capital credits to the state of Texas. The coop will continue taking steps to return $4.2 million in unclaimed money to members by publicizing on its website a list of the names of members who have not yet collected the money...
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