Basin Preparing to Submit Information for Carbon Capture Test Center
Posted on Sep 3, 2014 in Climate Change, Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Technology | Comments Off on Basin Preparing to Submit Information for Carbon Capture Test Center
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin) and Black Hills Power have set a September date for submitting site-specific information on certain of their respective power plants in the hopes of one of them attracting a test center for carbon capture and sequestration technology. The test center is part of the State of Wyoming’s response to stricter environmental standards. Basin is...
CFC Joins NRECA’s Solar Initiative
Posted on Aug 26, 2014 in Financing, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on CFC Joins NRECA’s Solar Initiative
The National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) has formally joined the Solar Utility Network Deployment Acceleration (SUNDA) project led by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). The SUNDA project is supported by a $3.6 million grant to NRECA from the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative and will provide a knowledge base for...
NRECA Argues Cooperatives Should Qualify for FCC Broadband Funds
Posted on Aug 19, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy, Technology | Comments Off on NRECA Argues Cooperatives Should Qualify for FCC Broadband Funds
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has provided comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Phase II of the national competitive bid process for the Connect America Fund. In those comments, NRECA has argued that electric cooperatives that are already exploring providing broadband service to rural areas should be able to qualify for available...
Coop Agrees to Share Utility Poles with Google Fiber
Posted on Jul 25, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Technology, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Coop Agrees to Share Utility Poles with Google Fiber
Pedernales Electric Cooperative, a coop near Austin, Texas, and Google have reached an agreement that allows Google to use the coop’s existing utility poles to attach fiber-optic cables. Click here to read the coop’s press release for more information.
State Regulators Approve 200-Mile Transmission Line for Basin Electric
Posted on May 16, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on State Regulators Approve 200-Mile Transmission Line for Basin Electric
The North Dakota Public Service Commission recently approved Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s (Basin Electric) proposed 200-mile, 345-kV transmission line. The new transmission line will improve connections between the Antelope Valley Station and newly signed wind farm contracts and the coop’s members in other parts of the state. Electric Co-op Today has more on this...
Coop Leaders Join President Obama for Solar Event
Posted on May 12, 2014 in Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coop Leaders Join President Obama for Solar Event
Bob Marshall, general manager of Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative (Plumas-Sierra), and David Gottula, general manager of Okanogan County Electric Cooperative (Okanogan), joined President Obama at a May 9 event in Mountain View, California, at which the president highlighted electric cooperatives’ efforts to develop solar projects. Plumas-Sierra has plans for a community and...
Colorado Coop’s Energy Audit REAPs Success
Posted on Apr 10, 2014 in Energy Savings Programs, Financing, Innovation/Efficiency | Comments Off on Colorado Coop’s Energy Audit REAPs Success
Gunnison County Electric Association used a grant from the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to implement an energy audit program for local small businesses. The program ran from 2010-2012 and demonstrated how important low energy costs can be for small businesses. REAP offers cost-sharing grants and loan guarantees. Two additional REAP funding announcements are expected in...
CoBank Donates to Energy Research Partnership
Posted on Apr 7, 2014 in Innovation/Efficiency, Regulation & Policy, Technology | Comments Off on CoBank Donates to Energy Research Partnership
Oklahoma State University’s National Energy Solutions Institute and the Smart Energy Solutions Association will team up thanks to a $500,000 donation from CoBank, a national cooperative bank. The partnership aims to connect energy research to the marketplace for real world application. Click here for more information on this exciting opportunity.
Coops Collectively Investing in 517-kW Solar Project
Posted on Mar 25, 2014 in Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coops Collectively Investing in 517-kW Solar Project
Four electric utility coops in the Midwest will become joint owners of a 517-kW solar project developed by Dragonfly Solar, a commercial solar developer based in Lakeville, Minnesota, and SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer. This is the first U.S. solar project to be jointly owned and developed by utility coops. For more details and to see which four coops are involved,...
Electric Coops Seek FCC Funding for Broadband Projects
Posted on Mar 20, 2014 in Financing, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development | Comments Off on Electric Coops Seek FCC Funding for Broadband Projects
More than 100 electric cooperatives, sparked by an initial inquiry by Michigan-based Midwest Energy, have filed an “expression of interest” with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), indicating that they are interested in receiving aid through the Connect America Fund to build broadband projects in their communities. Seventy-three percent of the 20 million Americans without...
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