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...
MISO Will Not Allow Shutdown of Presque Isle Power Plant
Posted on Oct 22, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on MISO Will Not Allow Shutdown of Presque Isle Power Plant
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) says We Energies’ Presque Isle coal-fired power plant in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula needs to remain operational for reliability reasons, despite a bid by We Energies to suspend operations. We Energies had discussed retiring the power plant several years ago but changed its mind after Wolverine Power Cooperative (Wolverine) agreed to...
Dairyland to Retire Alma Station
Posted on Oct 22, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Dairyland to Retire Alma Station
Dairyland Power Cooperative (Dairyland) has announced plans to shutter two boilers of one of its coal-fired generating plants in Alma, Wisconsin, because of the age of the facility, demand, market prices and regulations. Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) obligations require that Dairyland produce a quarter of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025. Currently about 88...
Kansas Supreme Court Nixes Permit for Coop’s Coal Plant
Posted on Oct 7, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Litigation, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Kansas Supreme Court Nixes Permit for Coop’s Coal Plant
In a unanimous decision, the Kansas Supreme Court overturned a permit granted to Sunflower Electric Power Corporation in 2010 to build a coal-fired power plant in the southwestern part of the state. The court found that the Kansas Department of Health and the Environment (KDHE) erred in issuing the permit because it did not take into account a series of regulations that were enacted...
Coop Uses Crowdfunding to Create Additional Wind Power
Posted on Sep 30, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Financing, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coop Uses Crowdfunding to Create Additional Wind Power
East River Electric Cooperative (EREC), a supplier of electric power for rural areas of South Dakota and Minnesota, is using crowdfunding to add more wind power to its portfolio. Crowdfunding is a new method through which many writers, artists, designers, and entrepreneurs get their projects funded by strangers. EREC crowdfunded from the communities it serves to finance a portion of...
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...
Coops Continue to Take on EPA’s New Climate Plan
Posted on Sep 24, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Regulation & Policy, Technology | Comments Off on Coops Continue to Take on EPA’s New Climate Plan
Representatives of electric coops across the country are trying to get the following message across on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rulemaking announced September 20: This rulemaking is not feasible and prohibitively expensive. Specifically, the EPA’s rulemaking implementing the Clean Air Act requires future coal-based generation to employ carbon capture and storage...
EPA Proposes Carbon Standards for New Power Facilities
Posted on Sep 21, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on EPA Proposes Carbon Standards for New Power Facilities
As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a news release outlining carbon standards for new power facilities. The EPA will consider comments and hold a public hearing before completing the rulemaking process. For more information, click here.
G&T Coop to Share Emissions Reduction Technology with Chinese Company
Posted on Sep 19, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on G&T Coop to Share Emissions Reduction Technology with Chinese Company
An emissions reduction technology developed by Minnesota-based Great River Energy (GRE) will now have an international impact. GRE has signed a 10-year licensing and technology transfer agreement to make its DryFining™ technology available in China. The DryFining™ technology will be used by Shenzhou Manufacturing Co., which provides coal processing equipment that serves mines and...
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