Kentucky Coop Building Solar Project at Fort Campbell
Posted on Jun 12, 2015 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Kentucky Coop Building Solar Project at Fort Campbell
Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Tennessee Valley Authority to develop a 5 MW solar project at Fort Campbell. The project will help the base meet a Department of Defense directive to procure 25 percent of the base’s energy from renewable sources by 2025. Read more about the project here.
Tri-State Enters Wind PPA with Iberdrola Renewables
Posted on Jun 11, 2015 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Tri-State Enters Wind PPA with Iberdrola Renewables
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State), a wholesale power supplier owned by cooperatives and public power districts serving Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska and Wyoming, has entered into a 25 year agreement to purchase wind power from Iberdrola Renewables. Tri-State will buy all the output from a 76 MW wind farm, the Twin Buttes II project. Click here for...
Dairyland Power Seeks Bids for Solar Project
Posted on Jun 5, 2015 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Dairyland Power Seeks Bids for Solar Project
Dairyland Power, an electric cooperative based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, announced that it is seeking proposals from solar developers for up to 25 MW of photovoltaic generation to add to its renewable energy portfolio. Read more here.
Texas Coop Breaks Ground on New Hydroelectric Plant
Posted on May 28, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Texas Coop Breaks Ground on New Hydroelectric Plant
The East Texas Electric Cooperative and Trinity River Authority of Texas recently broke ground on a new hydroelectric project. The Thomas Hydroelectric Project is located at Lake Livingston Dam and is expected to become operational in 2018. Once online the new hydroelectric power plant will produce enough electricity to power 12,000 homes in East Texas. Click here to read...
SMEPA Terminates Power Purchase Agreement for Kemper Power Plant
Posted on May 27, 2015 in Financing, Project Development, Rates | Comments Off on SMEPA Terminates Power Purchase Agreement for Kemper Power Plant
South Mississippi Electric Power Association (SMEPA) has announced that it has pulled out of a deal with Mississippi Power to purchase 15 percent of the power generated by the Kemper County power plant, which is currently under construction. SMEPA noted that its decision to terminate the purchase agreement was based on both the rising costs of electricity from the Kemper County plant...
Arkansas G&T Adds Wind to Portfolio
Posted on May 21, 2015 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Arkansas G&T Adds Wind to Portfolio
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation has announced a long-term, sole-recipient agreement with the planned Drift Sand Wind Farm. This 108 megawatt facility is expected to begin commercial operation by December 31, 2016. To read more about this story, please click here.
Alaska Coop Becomes “Self-Generating”
Posted on May 11, 2015 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Rates | Comments Off on Alaska Coop Becomes “Self-Generating”
Palmer, Alaska-based Matanuska Electric Association became “self-generating” on May 1 when its new 171-megawatt, gas-fired Eklutna Generating Station came online. Click here for more information.
NERC Study Finds EPA’s Clean Power Plan Unworkable
Posted on Apr 30, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on NERC Study Finds EPA’s Clean Power Plan Unworkable
A recent North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) study finds that the Clean Power Plan of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would require that electric cooperatives shut down approximately 21 percent of their coal generation by 2025. The study also found that the generation and transmission projects necessary to fill the void left by coal generation would not be...
North Dakota PSC Approves Permits for Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Infrastructure Projects
Posted on Apr 30, 2015 in Grid & Infrastructure, Permitting, Project Development | Comments Off on North Dakota PSC Approves Permits for Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Infrastructure Projects
On April 29 the North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) approved permits for three infrastructure projects. Those projects undertaken by Basin Electric Power Cooperative will cost a combined $445 million. They involve expansion of two gas powered power stations, as well as a new transmission line. According to Randy Christmann, Commissioner of the North Dakota PSC, the projects...
Kentucky Public Service Commission Approves Methane Project
Posted on Apr 23, 2015 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Land Use, Project Development, Technology | Comments Off on Kentucky Public Service Commission Approves Methane Project
The Kentucky Public Service Commission has recently approved a new methane project at the Glasgow Regional Landfill (Landfill). The project, owned by the East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC), will generate electricity by capturing methane gas escaping from the Landfill. EKPC hopes that the project will be operational by late September or early October. Click here to read...
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