Colorado Cooperative Launches Initiative to Reduce Wildfire Impacts
Posted on May 31, 2024 in Natural Disaster | Comments Off on Colorado Cooperative Launches Initiative to Reduce Wildfire Impacts
CORE Electric Cooperative (CORE), the largest electric distribution cooperative in Colorado, is partnering with Technosylva, the leading provider of wildfire mitigation technology, to reduce the impacts of wildfire to CORE’s members, employees, and the electric grid. High-resolution modeling of wildfire risk will increase CORE’s ability to proactively adjust device settings...
NRECA Receives $4 Million for Cybersecurity Program
Posted on May 20, 2024 in Cybersecurity | Comments Off on NRECA Receives $4 Million for Cybersecurity Program
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association has been awarded $4 million for the Department of Energy to launch an initiative to advance cybersecurity for electric cooperatives.
Oklahoma Cooperative to Expand Gas Plant Capacity with New GE Units
Posted on May 20, 2024 in Natural Gas | Comments Off on Oklahoma Cooperative to Expand Gas Plant Capacity with New GE Units
Western Farmers Electric Cooperative recently announced its order of two GE aeroderivative units to replace steam turbines at its Anadarko Plant in Oklahoma. Upon completion of the project, the plant is expected to deliver up to 350 MW from seven LM6000 gas turbines.
NRECA Criticizes New Federal Permitting Rule
Posted on May 13, 2024 in NRECA | Comments Off on NRECA Criticizes New Federal Permitting Rule
NRECA believes the new rule released The White House Council on Environmental Quality final Phase 2 rule under the National Environmental Policy Act will impede critical projects needed to ensure reliable and affordable power. The rule elevates certain environmental considerations, including a project’s climate impacts, above others, which NRECA asserts is inconsistent with NEPA’s...
NRECA Sues EPA over New Power Plant Rule
On Thursday, NRECA filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against the EPA over its newly released power plant rule that requires sweeping reductions in carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and new natural gas plants. NRECA asserts the new rule is unlawful and unreasonable, posing an immediate threat to the American electric grid and forcing a...Oglethorpe’s Plant Vogtle to be Crucial Clean Energy Resource
Posted on May 1, 2024 in Nuclear | Comments Off on Oglethorpe’s Plant Vogtle to be Crucial Clean Energy Resource
Georgia’s Plant Vogtle Unit 4 began operation on Monday, completing the first from-scratch expansion of advanced commercial nuclear energy in the U.S. in more than three decades and bringing the region’s electric cooperatives a source of reliable, clean energy. The completion of the units makes Plant Vogtle the country’s largest nuclear power station.
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