Lowell Mountain Wind Project Survives Legal Challenge
Posted on Oct 22, 2012 in Climate Change, Environmental, Litigation, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Lowell Mountain Wind Project Survives Legal Challenge
Green Mountain Power and Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc. can proceed with the construction of an industrial wind project on Lowell Mountain, as the Vermont Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge to the project. The 21-turbine Kingdom Community Wind project is due to come on line in December 2012. The project’s challengers, Lowell Mountains Group Inc. and the towns of Albany...
Wisconsin Coop Receives Huge Federal Loan Guarantee for Renewable Power
Posted on Oct 4, 2012 in Climate Change, Environmental, Financing, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Wisconsin Coop Receives Huge Federal Loan Guarantee for Renewable Power
Dairyland Power Cooperative (Dairyland) was awarded a $261.9 million loan guarantee from the federal government to reduce environmental impacts, update technology and improve distribution in a swath of the rural Midwest. Renewable energy sources make up about 12 percent of Dairyland’s electricity sales, which exceeds the state’s 2015 requirement that all Wisconsin utilities have at...
North Dakota’s Electricity Case against Minnesota Survives First Legal Challenge
Posted on Oct 3, 2012 in Climate Change, Energy Savings Programs, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Litigation | Comments Off on North Dakota’s Electricity Case against Minnesota Survives First Legal Challenge
A federal judge has ruled that the state of North Dakota’s case against Minnesota can move forward, as North Dakota has a “plausible” claim that a 2007 Minnesota energy law is invalid due to preemption by federal law. Minnesota’s Next Generation Energy Act bars new coal-fired power plants in Minnesota and restricts out-of-state imports of new coal-based power generation unless the...
Tennessee Coop Opens New Solar Farm
Posted on Aug 20, 2012 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Tennessee Coop Opens New Solar Farm
Duck River Electric Membership Cooperative (DREMC), based in Shelbyville, Tennessee, is now the first electric coop in the seven state TVA service territory to offer members access to green power through a newly constructed solar farm. The DREMC Solar Farm, located in Shelbyville, allows its members to invest in solar energy without the cost of installing or maintaining their own...
NRECA Asks EPA to Withdraw Rule for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Posted on Jul 5, 2012 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on NRECA Asks EPA to Withdraw Rule for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw a proposed rule for greenhouse gas emissions for new fossil-fuel-based power plants. According to the NRECA, the EPA is violating the law by classifying coal and natural gas baseload generation as interchangeable fuel sources. The NRECA says only some natural gas...
U.S. Senate Rejects Measure to Overturn MACT Standard
Posted on Jun 21, 2012 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on U.S. Senate Rejects Measure to Overturn MACT Standard
The U.S. Senate rejected a Republican-backed resolution that would have overturned the Environmental Protection Agency’s utility maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standard. This rule will require coal-fired power plants to reduce their emissions of mercury and other pollutants by more than 90 percent in four years. Click here for additional details (subscription...
Coal Makes a Comeback?
Posted on Jun 20, 2012 in Climate Change, Environmental, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coal Makes a Comeback?
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is predicting a slight rebound for coal’s share of U.S. baseload generation in 2013 due to projected higher natural gas costs and record coal stocks. In its July 12 energy forecast, the EIA calculated that electricity powered by coal will increase about 3 percent in 2013, compared to a projected 13 percent decrease predicted for 2012. This...
Kentucky Coop Seeks Proposals for Alternative Energy Sources
Posted on Jun 11, 2012 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Kentucky Coop Seeks Proposals for Alternative Energy Sources
East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) is seeking proposals for electric-generating resources to replace power plants that could be shut down when the federal Mercury and Air Toxics Standards take effect in 2015. As a result of the new regulations, EKPC is facing the possibility of replacing some large coal-fueled units. Proposals are due by Aug. 30, 2012, and EKPC expects agreements...
U.S. Representatives Continue Pressing EPA on Utility Regulations
Posted on Jun 11, 2012 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on U.S. Representatives Continue Pressing EPA on Utility Regulations
The Republican chairs of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent another letter to the Environmental Protection Agency demanding another accounting of the compliance costs associated with the Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (Utility MACT) rule. The Utility MACT rule requires power plant operators to reduce toxic air emissions by some 90 percent over the next three...
Proposed San Diego Coop to Offer Green Energy Alternative
Posted on Jun 11, 2012 in Climate Change, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Proposed San Diego Coop to Offer Green Energy Alternative
The San Diego Energy District Foundation (SDED) hopes to create a local coop in which current customers of San Diego Gas & Electric would be given a choice to purchase local green power from a non-profit Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) plan. The SDED is discussing a proposed CCA plan with officials in San Diego County and the cities of Solana Beach and Santee. Click here for...
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