Wabash Valley Power Signs Solar PPA
Posted on Mar 7, 2018 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Wabash Valley Power Signs Solar PPA
Wabash Valley Power has entered into a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to purchase energy and capacity from a 99 MW solar array. The Prairie State Solar Project, located in Perry County, Illinois, will be the largest solar array in Illinois.
Minnesota Coop Continues Program for Electric Vehicles
Posted on Jan 25, 2018 in Climate Change, Energy Savings Programs, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on Minnesota Coop Continues Program for Electric Vehicles
Great River Energy has announced plans to continue a program designed to allow cooperative members to fuel electric vehicles with wind energy.
EPA Announces Repeal of Clean Power Plan
Posted on Oct 10, 2017 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on EPA Announces Repeal of Clean Power Plan
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced his intention to roll back the Clean Power Plan. Several environmental groups and states plan to challenge the proposed repeal in federal court.
Nation’s Largest Low‐Income Community Solar Project Being Developed by Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, GRID Alternatives and Colorado Energy Office Partner
Posted on Aug 11, 2017 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Nation’s Largest Low‐Income Community Solar Project Being Developed by Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, GRID Alternatives and Colorado Energy Office Partner
The Colorado Energy Office (CEO), GRID Alternatives and Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA) are partnering to develop a 1.95 MW community solar project, known as the Coyote Ridge Community Solar Farm, that will lower the electric bills of qualified low‐income residents, affordable housing providers and nonprofit organizations in the utility’s service territory. The PVREA...
Environmentalists Urge D.C. Circuit to Decide Clean Power Plan Case
Posted on Aug 7, 2017 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Litigation | Comments Off on Environmentalists Urge D.C. Circuit to Decide Clean Power Plan Case
This past Thursday, August 3, 2017, certain environmental groups urged the D.C. Circuit to either decide the validity of the Clean Power Plan on its merits or terminate the case by remanding the case to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The environmental groups’ request stems from the D.C. Circuit’s decision in April to grant the EPA’s motion for a 60-day stay of the...
GRE to Test Carbon Capture Technologies
Posted on May 30, 2017 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on GRE to Test Carbon Capture Technologies
Great River Energy (GRE), a regional power cooperative, is seeking funding for carbon capture research. The funding would support a project at its Spiritwood Station that seeks to use fly ash to capture carbon dioxide and a project that would inject flue gas into an onsite greenhouse at its Coal Creek Station.
NRECA Submits Comments to EPA Regarding Air, Waste, and Water Issues
Posted on May 19, 2017 in Environmental, Permitting, Regulation & Policy, Uncategorized | Comments Off on NRECA Submits Comments to EPA Regarding Air, Waste, and Water Issues
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding opportunities to reduce the regulatory burden from certain regulations under Executive Order 13777, which directs the heads of federal agencies to seek input from entities significantly affected by Federal regulations. NRECA commented on various (i)...
EPA to Review Power Plant Effluent Rule
Posted on Apr 14, 2017 in Environmental, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on EPA to Review Power Plant Effluent Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it will reconsider a rule that sets federal limits on the amount of toxic metal that may be discharged with power plants’ wastewater and has stayed the compliance dates in the rule. The EPA updated the rule in 2015 because the older version did not adequately address toxic metal discharges by not treating dissolved...
Trump to Roll Back Environmental Protection Agency Regulations
Posted on Mar 28, 2017 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Trump to Roll Back Environmental Protection Agency Regulations
President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order Tuesday that would withdraw the Clean Power Plan. The order is also expected to lift the moratorium on the federal coal program and ease restrictions on hydraulic fracturing.
NRECA Supports Decision to Revisit WOTUS
Posted on Mar 1, 2017 in Environmental | Comments Off on NRECA Supports Decision to Revisit WOTUS
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has issued a statement supporting the Trump Administration’s decision to revisit the Waters of the U.S. rule (WOTUS).
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