Hawaiian Utilities Outshine Others for Adding New Solar Capacity
Posted on Apr 29, 2014 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Hawaiian Utilities Outshine Others for Adding New Solar Capacity
The Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) and the companies of Hawaiian Electric Company (Hawaiian Electric) have ranked among the top 10 utilities nationally for the amount of new solar power added to their grids last year. Hawaiian Electric added 329 watts of solar generating capacity per customer on the island of Oahu in 2013, which is the fifth highest of any utility...
Minnesota Coop Planning New Community Solar Garden
Posted on Apr 28, 2014 in Energy Savings Programs, Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Minnesota Coop Planning New Community Solar Garden
Connexus Energy (Connexus), a distribution cooperative based in Ramsey, Minnesota, is planning to develop a community solar garden consisting of 792 panels with an output of 245 kW. Connexus customers will be given an opportunity to invest in financing the project in exchange for a proportional share of the output for 20 years. Click here for more.
SMECO to Add More Solar
Posted on Apr 28, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on SMECO to Add More Solar
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) will add 10 MW of solar power to its portfolio through a new power purchase agreement with Colorado-based solar developer Juwi Solar Inc. SMECO has agreed to buy all of the output from a new solar facility to be located within SMECO’s service territory in Waldorf, Maryland. Click here for more.
Coal Plant Retirements Raise Reliability Concerns for FERC Commissioner
Posted on Apr 24, 2014 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on Coal Plant Retirements Raise Reliability Concerns for FERC Commissioner
Commissioner Philip Moeller of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expressed concern this week that the nation’s power grid lacks sufficient infrastructure to replace coal and nuclear generation plants scheduled to retire or go offline over the next few years. This winter’s extreme weather stressed the power grid, and there are increasing concerns that compliance with the...
South Dakota Coop Gets Reimbursement Funding from Winter Storm
Posted on Apr 23, 2014 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure | Comments Off on South Dakota Coop Gets Reimbursement Funding from Winter Storm
The South Dakota Office of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will award roughly $20 million to Grand Electric Cooperative for the repair and replacement of more than 1,500 poles damaged by an early October blizzard. To read more, click here.
Bluebonnet to Sell Water Subsidiary
Posted on Apr 22, 2014 in Corporate Governance, Grid & Infrastructure | Comments Off on Bluebonnet to Sell Water Subsidiary
Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative in Texas has announced that it is selling its water subsidiary, Bluebonnet Rural Water Corp., to Corix Utilities (Texas) Inc. Corix Utilities is a water utility operator that already has a significant presence in Central Texas. Click here for more information (subscription required).
Utilities Feel Effects of Rail Disruptions
Posted on Apr 14, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Rates, Reliability | Comments Off on Utilities Feel Effects of Rail Disruptions
On April 10, representatives for companies that rely on rail shipments appeared at a Surface Transportation Board (STB) hearing to highlight the problems that recent rail shipment disruptions have caused in their industries and to ask STB to take steps to reduce these disruptions. In the utility sector, delays in shipping coal could lead to higher costs for energy or a decrease in...
North Dakota Sees Rapid Electric Coop Growth
Posted on Apr 1, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Rates, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on North Dakota Sees Rapid Electric Coop Growth
North Dakota’s rural economic development is being sparked by the state’s oil and gas boom, which is benefiting electric coops. The Public Service Commission in the state has now approved two additional units for a Basin Electric Power Cooperative power plant. These two units will add 90 MW of capacity by late 2014, a much needed step towards keeping up with the unprecedented load...
Texas Coop Settles Suits from 2011 Labor Day Fire
Posted on Apr 1, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Litigation | Comments Off on Texas Coop Settles Suits from 2011 Labor Day Fire
Texas-based Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative (Bluebonnet), which was accused of negligence in one of the most destructive fires in Texas history, has settled a number of lawsuits filed as a result of the 2011 Labor Day fire. The fire, which burned about 34,000 acres and resulted in two deaths, was caused when fallen trees knocked down Bluebonnet power lines, sparking a wildfire,...
New Mexico City to Receive Power from Coop
Posted on Mar 31, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Mergers/Acquisitions, Rates | Comments Off on New Mexico City to Receive Power from Coop
The City of Gallup, New Mexico, will buy its wholesale power from Continental Divide Electric Cooperative (CDEC) after its City Council voted unanimously to award CDEC an eight-year contract. Four other bidders sought the contract, and Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) has been Gallup’s provider for more than 50 years. Gallup will save about $6.4 million during the first...
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