Dairyland Power Cooperative Opens New Digital Operations Center
Posted on Aug 31, 2023 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development | Comments Off on Dairyland Power Cooperative Opens New Digital Operations Center
Dairyland Power Cooperative, which serves 700,000 in Wisconsin, is opening a new digital operations center. The upgraded center will provide operators real-time tools to manage the new and varied resource types on the grid.
Middle Tennessee Electric invests $85 million in fiber-optic for its members
Posted on Aug 31, 2023 in Grid & Infrastructure | Comments Off on Middle Tennessee Electric invests $85 million in fiber-optic for its members
Middle Tennessee Electric’s United Communications service will invest to expand fiber internet service to 77,000 members in Murfreesboro. The $85 million will go towards 1,400 route miles of new fiber-optic cables.
USDA INVESTS $17 MILLION TO EXPAND MARKET OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL IOWA
Posted on Aug 23, 2023 in Economic Development | Comments Off on USDA INVESTS $17 MILLION TO EXPAND MARKET OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL IOWA
The USDA Rural Development State Director in Iowa announced that the Agency is investing $15,967,000 in loans and $1,124,000 in grants to four projects in four Iowa counties to promote rural economic development, job creation, and health services.
Colorado Cooperative Focuses Technology on Wildfire Risk Mitigation
Posted on Aug 18, 2023 in Environmental, Technology | Comments Off on Colorado Cooperative Focuses Technology on Wildfire Risk Mitigation
From drones, to AI satellite technology, to 360-degree fire watch cameras, CORE Electric Cooperative has implemented a wide variety of technology to monitor and mitigate wildfire risk. The coop also utilizes enhanced operation and maintenance programs, including robust system inspections.
SENATOR SCHUMER TOUTS FUNDING FOR RURAL ELECTRIC CO-OPS
Posted on Aug 9, 2023 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on SENATOR SCHUMER TOUTS FUNDING FOR RURAL ELECTRIC CO-OPS
Senator Chuck Schumer visited Delaware County to discuss using federal funds to expand rural electric cooperatives, insisting it would lead to more good-paying, unionized jobs.
NRECA Opposes EPA Power Plant Emissions Proposal
Posted on Aug 8, 2023 in Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on NRECA Opposes EPA Power Plant Emissions Proposal
NRECA submitted written comments to EPA on August 8, opposing the agency’s rules regulating plant emissions. CEO Jim Matheson articulated that organization believes the rules are “unrealistic, unachievable, and will reduce key generating resources just as Americans are increasing their reliance on electricity.”
Minnesota Coop Seeks Approval of Transmission Project
Posted on Aug 4, 2023 in Transmission | Comments Off on Minnesota Coop Seeks Approval of Transmission Project
Minnesota Power and Great River Energy are seeking regulatory approval of the Northland Reliability Project, a 180-mile high-voltage transmission line to bolster electric reliability throughout northern and central Minnesota. Subject to such approval, the companies expect construction to begin in 2027 and the line to be operational in 2030, with a total cost estimated between $970...
Appeals Court Holds South Dakota Coop is Bound by its Wholesale Power Contract
Posted on Aug 4, 2023 in Member Buyout | Comments Off on Appeals Court Holds South Dakota Coop is Bound by its Wholesale Power Contract
After a nearly three-year legal battle, the United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit has upheld a ruling that Dakota Energy has no legal route to a buyout under its wholesale power contract with East River Electric Coop. If the Dakota Energy chooses to do so, it can appeal to the Eighth Circuit “en banc” and request a ruling from all 11 judges on the circuit.
Snapping Shoals EMC installs 20-year energy storage battery system
Posted on Aug 3, 2023 in Energy Storage | Comments Off on Snapping Shoals EMC installs 20-year energy storage battery system
Snapping Shoals EMC, in collaboration with Stryten Energy Partnership, commemorated the installation of Georgia’s first Vanadium Redox Flow Battery System this week. The system will help store clean energy for 20 years without losing capacity for the cooperatives 100,000+ members.
Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative begins development of Solar Energy Sustainability Project in Seguin, Texas
Posted on Aug 1, 2023 in Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative begins development of Solar Energy Sustainability Project in Seguin, Texas
Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative, which serves 120,000 consumers in South Central Texas, is partnering with Vitesco Technologies and Big Sun Solar for one of the first three-party power purchase agreements in Texas, a solar project on 12 acres which will generate 4,800 megawatt hours per year.
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