Alaska Coop Appeals Order to Bury Lines
Posted on Sep 19, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use, Litigation, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Alaska Coop Appeals Order to Bury Lines
Matanuska Electric Association (MEA) has filed an appeal of the city of Wasilla’s decision to give MEA a permit to build a 115-kilovolt transmission line only if the coop puts the line underground. The city says that it wants to safeguard Wasilla’s scenery and property values, but MEA has said the requirement to bury the lines could quadruple the cost of the project to $40 million....
Alaska Coop Finalizes Financing to Purchase Plant
Posted on Sep 16, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Financing, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on Alaska Coop Finalizes Financing to Purchase Plant
Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) of Fairbanks, Alaska, has finalized financing from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the Cooperative Finance Bank to purchase the 50-MW Healy Clean Coal Project from the State of Alaska. The Cooperative Finance Bank will finance the purchase of the plant, which will be renamed “Healy Unit 2,” while the RUS loan will finance new emissions...
Virginia Has a New Biomass Plant
Posted on Sep 12, 2013 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Virginia Has a New Biomass Plant
Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative and NOVI Energy’s 49.9-MW biomass plant was recently connected to the PJM regional electric transmission grid and will continue pre-commercial operational testing for several more weeks. The $170 million plant uses waste wood from Southside Virginia’s logging industry to fuel the facility and will recycle wood ash. Read more here.
New Natural Gas-Fired Plant Online in North Dakota
Posted on Sep 12, 2013 in Project Development | Comments Off on New Natural Gas-Fired Plant Online in North Dakota
Basin Electric Power Cooperative recently began operation of a new 45-MW natural gas-fired power plant located near Williston, North Dakota. The $64.5 million unit is one of three planned for the site. The Bismarck Tribune has the full story.
More Solar to be Built in South Carolina
Posted on Sep 12, 2013 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on More Solar to be Built in South Carolina
Santee Cooper is partnering with Central Electric Power Cooperative and other South Carolina coops to build a 3-MW solar farm scheduled to begin construction by the end of 2013. Renewable energy makes up roughly 1 percent of the state’s generation portfolio, and the new solar project would be the largest in the state. Click here for more information.
New Jersey Communities Consider New Electric Coops
Posted on Sep 10, 2013 in Energy Savings Programs, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development | Comments Off on New Jersey Communities Consider New Electric Coops
Two New Jersey townships have shown interest in forming their own electric coops after Plumsted Township successfully started a township-wide energy aggregation program that allows it to purchase energy in bulk for its residents, thus saving members about 14 percent on energy bills. The two townships, Lambertville and West Amwell, are seeking to submit a request for proposal and are...
Wind Farm Owner Files Informal Compliant Against Coop
Posted on Aug 30, 2013 in Litigation, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Wind Farm Owner Files Informal Compliant Against Coop
Alaska Environmental Power (AEP) has filed an informal complaint with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska against the Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) relating to AEP’s Delta Wind Farm. The complaint alleges that GVEA has not taken sufficient steps to open its transmission system to independent producers of renewable energy. The AEP’s CEO has stated that GVEA has committed...
Delaware Solar Farm Facility Up and Running
Posted on Aug 22, 2013 in Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Delaware Solar Farm Facility Up and Running
Delaware Electric Cooperative (DEC) recently commenced operations at its 4-MW solar facility located near Georgetown, Delaware. The $14 million project will help DEC meet the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) set at 25 percent by 2025. The solar farm was built using no state subsidies and without raising customer rates. Click here for the full story.
Coop Expresses Transmission Concerns with Wind Proposal
Posted on Aug 20, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Land Use, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coop Expresses Transmission Concerns with Wind Proposal
BNE Energy, a Connecticut company, is seeking to develop a new six-turbine, 18-MW wind project adjacent to Green Mountain Power’s existing 21-turbine Kingdom Community wind project. Some are saying there is not enough available transmission for both. Vermont Electric Cooperative has weighed in on the subject, expressing concern that the new turbines would exacerbate the...
RUS to Conduct New Report on Transmission Project
Posted on Aug 15, 2013 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on RUS to Conduct New Report on Transmission Project
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has announced that it will conduct a supplemental environmental impact report for Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s proposed North Dakota transmission line. This decision came from a need to consider new aspects of the plan. Read more here.
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