Coops Concerned with EPA Proposal for Power Plants
Posted on May 20, 2013 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on Coops Concerned with EPA Proposal for Power Plants
Electric coops are asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw its proposal which could greatly affect power plants under the Clean Air Act. The proposal, which would involve at least 36 states, would “fundamentally” change how power plants operate during startups, shutdowns and malfunctions. Electric Co-op Today has more details on the cooperatives’...
Kansas Coop Brings Attention to Private Transmission Considerations
Posted on Jan 24, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Land Use, Legislative & Politics, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on Kansas Coop Brings Attention to Private Transmission Considerations
Wheatland Electric Cooperative of Kansas is alerting others to potential concerns regarding the construction of private transmission lines to meet increased oil and gas exploration in the Mississippi Lime Play, which is an underground formation across southern and western Kansas and northern Oklahoma. If energy companies begin building their own electric transmission infrastructure,...
Michigan Agency Extends Permit for Installation of Coal Plant
Posted on Jan 14, 2013 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use, Permitting, Project Development | Comments Off on Michigan Agency Extends Permit for Installation of Coal Plant
A coalition of Michigan electric utilities, which includes Cherryland Electric Cooperative, recently received an extended permit from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for the construction of a contested coal plant project However, utility officials, including those representing Cadillac-based Wolverine Power Cooperative, have not announced if they intend to follow...
Judge Denies Sierra Club’s Challenge to $3 Billion Mississippi Coal Plant
Posted on Dec 19, 2012 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Judge Denies Sierra Club’s Challenge to $3 Billion Mississippi Coal Plant
A Mississippi judge has ruled against the Sierra Club’s attempt to invalidate the licensing for a $3 billion coat plant granted to Mississippi Power Co. Inc. and South Mississippi Electric Power Association by the Mississippi Public Service Commission. The court held that policy decisions on long-term solutions for fuel diversity and price stability of fuels used in electric...
New EPA Rule May Delay Plant Expansions
Posted on Dec 19, 2012 in Environmental, Permitting, Project Development | Comments Off on New EPA Rule May Delay Plant Expansions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently adopted a rule that reduces the limits on fine particle emissions by 20 percent. Experts say that this limit reduction could delay power plant expansions and similar projects in certain regions of the country. While most of the country’s counties will not need to adjust regulatory requirements to meet the new standard, the new...
Basin Electric Gears Up for Power Plant Expansion
Posted on Nov 29, 2012 in Permitting, Project Development | Comments Off on Basin Electric Gears Up for Power Plant Expansion
Basin Electric Power Cooperative plans to construct a 90-MW, gas-fired addition to a 45-MW facility currently under construction in western North Dakota. Construction of the expansion project should begin in April 2014 with an operational date of January 2015. While the cost of the project and the number of jobs to be created are yet unknown, the transmission infrastructure is...
Alaskan Coop to Restart Coal Facility
Posted on Oct 5, 2012 in Environmental, Permitting, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Alaskan Coop to Restart Coal Facility
After reaching an agreement with federal regulators over an air permit, Golden Valley Electric Association plans to restart the 50-MW Healy Clean Coal Plant. While restarting the plant will require additional pollution controls and other work, the coop plans to have the plant online within 18 to 24 months. Restarting the plant is part of the coop’s long-term plan to move away from...
Permitting Issue for Coal Plant Headed to Kansas Supreme Court
Posted on Aug 31, 2012 in Environmental, Permitting, Project Development | Comments Off on Permitting Issue for Coal Plant Headed to Kansas Supreme Court
A plan by Sunflower Electric Power Corporation to build a 895-MW, coal-fired plant near Holcomb, Kansas, faces continuing opposition from the Sierra Club over environmental permitting issues. The coop and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., which plans to buy a significant amount of energy from the plant, are hopeful that the permitting issues can be resolved. ...
Virginia Coop Suspends Efforts to Acquire Permits for Surry Coal Plant
Posted on Aug 10, 2012 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Virginia Coop Suspends Efforts to Acquire Permits for Surry Coal Plant
Virginia-based Old Dominion Electric Cooperative is suspending its efforts to obtain the environmental permits needed to build what would have been the state’s largest coal-fueled power plant in Surry County. The coop’s decision to pull back from the proposed $6 billion Cypress Creek Power Station was based in large part on the Environmental Protection Agency’s new, more stringent...
Update on Wisconsin Transmission Project
Posted on May 14, 2012 in Grid & Infrastructure, Permitting, Project Development | Comments Off on Update on Wisconsin Transmission Project
As expected, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin approved a new high-voltage power line that is designed to reduce grid congestion in the Midwest power grid. The Journal Sentinel has more on the project and the approval.
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