Recent CoBank Report Indicates Solar Growth
Posted on Oct 15, 2014 in Financing, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Recent CoBank Report Indicates Solar Growth
CoBank recently released a report noting that the U.S. could experience a jump in solar installations of more than 70 percent by 2016. The study projects that solar installation will increase from 7 GW in 2014 to 12 GW in 2016. The increase is based in large part on the Solar Investment Tax Credit, which is currently 30 percent but will drop to 10 percent in 2017. Click here to read...
Basin Awards Supply Contract for Peaking Plant in North Dakota
Posted on Oct 15, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development | Comments Off on Basin Awards Supply Contract for Peaking Plant in North Dakota
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin) and Wärtsilä have entered into an agreement for the supply of generation technology at Basin’s planned 112 MW peaking power plant in Williston, North Dakota. To read more about this story, please click here.
Cooperative to Purchase Power from Eastern New Mexico Wind Farm
Posted on Oct 13, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Cooperative to Purchase Power from Eastern New Mexico Wind Farm
New Mexico’s Lea County Electric Cooperative (LCEC) has contracted to buy the output from the Anderson Wind Farm, which is currently under construction in Lea County. The farm is in fact a series of several small 7- to 8-megawatt farms, a structure that allows the farms to provide power “behind the meter” and not be subject to the open market. LCEC recently became a member of Western...
North Carolina Coop’s Solar Farm to Provide Benefits to Members
Posted on Oct 9, 2014 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Land Use, Project Development, Rates, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on North Carolina Coop’s Solar Farm to Provide Benefits to Members
Pee Dee Electric Cooperative has announced plans to install a 100-Kw community solar farm adjacent to its corporate headquarters. The solar farm will produce about 150,000-kWh of electricity annually, and members of Pee Dee Electric will be able to purchase individual panels and sell the power produced by the panels back to the cooperative. Members who participate in the project will...
South Dakota Coops Bury Transmission for Reliability
Posted on Oct 7, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Reliability | Comments Off on South Dakota Coops Bury Transmission for Reliability
Five South Dakota coops are using federal and state disaster funds to bury hundreds of miles of transmission lines. The coops are focusing on reliability after a blizzard caused outages for thousands of customers in early October of last year. Click here for more.
Coops among Recipients of USDA Rural Development Loans and Grants
Posted on Sep 25, 2014 in Financing, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Coops among Recipients of USDA Rural Development Loans and Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced $59 million in funding to support businesses and promote economic growth in rural communities. Coops are among the recipients through the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program, which provides zero-interest loans to rural utilities that in turn lend to local businesses. Click here for more information.
New Jersey Coop Leads Army Base Solar Project
Posted on Sep 17, 2014 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on New Jersey Coop Leads Army Base Solar Project
Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative (Sussex) is helping the U.S. Army install more than 500 Kws of solar panel capacity on a former Superfund site at Picatinny Arsenal near Morristown, New Jersey. Engineering for the project was completed under the Solar Utility Network Deployment Acceleration project developed by the Cooperative Research Network of the National Rural Electric...
Court Strikes Down New Jersey Power Plant Subsidy Program
Posted on Sep 15, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Litigation, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Court Strikes Down New Jersey Power Plant Subsidy Program
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has determined that New Jersey’s Long-Term Capacity Agreement Pilot Program impinges on the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission over wholesale sales of capacity in interstate commerce. The ruling is the latest in a string of similar cases in which state subsidy programs have been struck down on jurisdictional...
EIA Report: No Coal-Fired Sources Added in First Half of 2014
Posted on Sep 15, 2014 in Environmental, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on EIA Report: No Coal-Fired Sources Added in First Half of 2014
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that new generation capacity added during the first half of 2014 came only from natural gas and renewable sources, such as wind and solar facilities. No coal-fired sources were added during this time frame. Coops can expect more natural gas capacity and a risk of increased price volatility. Click here to read more.
Basin Electric Seeks Site in North Dakota for Potential Gas-Fired Generation Facility
Posted on Aug 29, 2014 in Land Use, Project Development | Comments Off on Basin Electric Seeks Site in North Dakota for Potential Gas-Fired Generation Facility
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) is looking for land and meeting with representatives in Emmons County, North Dakota, regarding a new gas-fired generation facility. Basin Electric is in the early stages of considering both whether and where to build such a facility. Click here for the full story.
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