Arkansas Grid Vandal Indicted
Posted on Dec 10, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Litigation, Reliability | Comments Off on Arkansas Grid Vandal Indicted
An Arkansas man accused of damaging electric coop facilities has been issued an eight-count indictment on charges relating to sabotage of high-voltage power lines and power stations earlier this year in several cities. Among them: a terrorist attack against a railroad carrier and destruction of energy facilities, including a 115,000-volt transmission line owned by First Electric...
Texas Coop Seeks to Supply Electricity to New Jail
Posted on Nov 27, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Texas Coop Seeks to Supply Electricity to New Jail
Central Texas Electric Co-operative (CTEC) has presented a proposal to the Gillespie County Commissioners outlining the cooperative’s plan for providing power to the new two-story jail under construction in Gillespie County. The cooperative’s chief executive officer cited the 200-foot rule, which allows an entity to choose between the utility designated in that area or another service...
Wisconsin Coop Secures Additional CFC Financing
Posted on Nov 25, 2013 in Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Reliability, Technology | Comments Off on Wisconsin Coop Secures Additional CFC Financing
Washington Island Electric Cooperative (WIEC), based in Washington Island, Wisconsin, has recently refinanced its debt with another lender to become a 100-percent National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) borrower. WIEC, which serves 1,080 members on an island in Lake Michigan accessible only by ferry, has plans for some improvement projects, including the...
SMECO Drills to Install Underground Cables
Posted on Nov 25, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Reliability | Comments Off on SMECO Drills to Install Underground Cables
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO), based in Hughesville, Maryland, is carrying out its plans to run lines for a new 230-kilovolt system under the Patuxent River. SMECO’s project manager, Black & Veatch, is currently drilling tunnels, through which the lines will run, 50 feet below the river’s bottom. SMECO undertook the project to provide increased reliability for...
Coops Respond to Outages from Midwest Tornadoes
Posted on Nov 20, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Reliability | Comments Off on Coops Respond to Outages from Midwest Tornadoes
Dozens of electric cooperatives have called line workers and other personnel to respond to outages caused by last weekend’s storms in the Midwest. The massive storm system, which spawned more than 80 tornadoes, caused power outages affecting tens of thousands of electric cooperative customers. Cooperative crews have been working around the clock to replace broken poles and restring...
Oklahoma Coop Purchases Wind Power
Posted on Nov 15, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Oklahoma Coop Purchases Wind Power
Apex Clean Energy, a privately held renewable power developer, has agreed to sell 100 megawatts of wind power from its Balko wind farm in Oklahoma to Western Farmers Electric Cooperative. With this agreement Apex has sold all of the wind power capacity from the 300-MW Balko wind farm, which is expected to enter service in 2015. The Balko facility is located in Beaver County and will...
Vermont Coop to Build 5-MW Solar Project
Posted on Nov 12, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Rates, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Vermont Coop to Build 5-MW Solar Project
The Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) is hoping to build the state’s largest utility-owned solar power project as part of a broader effort to help reduce the state’s dependence on fossil fuels. VEC is working with 14 other coops across the country on the 5-MW project in a first-of-its-kind initiative to make solar energy cost-competitive with other forms of electricity by the end of...
Alaska Coop to Buy Private Utility
Posted on Nov 12, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Mergers/Acquisitions, Project Development, Rates, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Alaska Coop to Buy Private Utility
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has recently approved an asset purchase agreement in which Alaska Village Electric Cooperative will buy the assets of Bethel Utility Corp., a privately owned utility. This acquisition will boost the Anchorage-based coop’s overall demand for electricity by more than 50 percent and resulting in savings for new members. Read more here.
Native American Reservation Reaches Settlement with New Mexico Coop
Posted on Nov 12, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use, Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Rates, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Native American Reservation Reaches Settlement with New Mexico Coop
Northern Rio Arriba Electric Coop (NORA) has reached a deal with the Jicarilla Apache Nation for the Nation to purchase all of NORA’s infrastructure on the Northern New Mexico reservation. This settlement effectively ends two years of litigious hostilities between the utility and the Nation, whose lawyers said Nation officials are displeased with NORA’s service and are ready to end a...
U.S. Forest Service Seeking $38 Million Reimbursement from Coop for Wildfire
Posted on Nov 8, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use, Litigation | Comments Off on U.S. Forest Service Seeking $38 Million Reimbursement from Coop for Wildfire
The U.S. Forest Service has sent a $38 million bill to Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative in connection with the agency’s firefighting and remediation efforts involving the 2011 Las Conchas Fire. This move comes even as the Forest Service has been named in a related lawsuit for its role in vegetation management along the power lines where the fire began. The Santa Fe New Mexican is...
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