Four Coops to Receive RUS Loans
Posted on May 6, 2013 in Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development | Comments Off on Four Coops to Receive RUS Loans
Colorado-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State), Georgia-based Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation, Texas-based Rio Grande Electric Cooperative and Ohio-based Logan County Cooperative Power & Light Association will receive more than $126 million in loans from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for infrastructure upgrades, including $20...
Coops Rise to Meet New Data Center Load Challenges
Posted on Apr 30, 2013 in Project Development, Technology | Comments Off on Coops Rise to Meet New Data Center Load Challenges
The deserts of the Pacific Northwest have become popular locations for data centers, and this trend is changing the way some electric coops do business. Companies including Google, Amazon, and Facebook have chosen locations in or around Oregon because of the state’s tax breaks, cheap abundant power, and cool, dry weather that can accommodate large-scale data centers. To maintain 24/7...
Georgia Coop Coal Plant Developers Change Plans
Posted on Apr 30, 2013 in Project Development | Comments Off on Georgia Coop Coal Plant Developers Change Plans
The Georgia electric membership coops that intended to develop a $2.1 billion, 850-MW, coal-fired power plant in Sandersville, Georgia, are foregoing ownership stakes in the project. This planned restructuring does not mean that the project will not be funded, however. The group, Power4Georgians, did not report a new source of financing but did state that its members all intend to...
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative to Build 1,000-MW Power Plant
Posted on Apr 24, 2013 in Project Development | Comments Off on Old Dominion Electric Cooperative to Build 1,000-MW Power Plant
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) has announced plans to build a 1,000-MW, gas-fired generating plant in Maryland. This plant will be built on an existing site at an estimated cost of $675 million. ODEC will file an application with the Maryland Public Service Commission in May and plans to begin construction in late 2014. ODEC announced that the new plant, which will be...
Colorado Coop Positioned to Obtain More Wind Power
Posted on Apr 18, 2013 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Colorado Coop Positioned to Obtain More Wind Power
The 67-MW Colorado Highlands Wind project will provide 24 MW of additional generation output this July. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State) will purchase the expanded generation output pursuant to its 20-year power purchase agreement. Tri-State already purchases the full 67-MW output from this wind facility. Click here for more information.
Colorado Senate Passes Bill to Raise Renewable Energy Requirements
Posted on Apr 17, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Rates, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Colorado Senate Passes Bill to Raise Renewable Energy Requirements
Colorado Senators passed a bill 18-17 this week that would dramatically raise renewable energy requirements for the state’s electric coops. The bill would require the electricity coops to get 25 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020, which is a 10 percent increase from present requirements. The bill also would limit consumer rate increases for these upgrades to 2...
Wind Projects Cause Instability in Vermont Grid
Posted on Apr 9, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Wind Projects Cause Instability in Vermont Grid
The CEO of Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) has indicated that the coop will oppose any new large wind projects in northern Vermont because existing wind projects have introduced instability in the grid, prompting grid operator ISO-New England to order existing wind projects in Vermont and New Hampshire to curtail electricity output. As a result, wind farm turbines are not being...
Coop Enters the Computer Repair Business
Posted on Apr 9, 2013 in Corporate Governance, Project Development, Technology | Comments Off on Coop Enters the Computer Repair Business
Wyoming-based High West Energy, Inc., is getting into the computer repair business, through new subsidiary High West Digital Solutions. The coop, which provides electricity to 10,000 customers in Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado, believes there is unmet demand for computer repair services in its geographical area. High West Digital Solutions will repair computers, remove viruses, build...
Two Hawaiian Islands Consider Possibility of Creating a Coop
Posted on Apr 2, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Two Hawaiian Islands Consider Possibility of Creating a Coop
The governments of the islands of Maui and Molokai in Hawaii are considering creating a new coop or municipal utility. A representative said that Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa has stated that his preference is to continue working with Maui Electric Co. (MECO), a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Co. However, the county may try to form a municipal utility if MECO does not upgrade its...
FERC Issues License for Hydroelectric Project in Alaska
Posted on Mar 13, 2013 in Energy Savings Programs, Project Development, Rates, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on FERC Issues License for Hydroelectric Project in Alaska
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a license for Inside Passage Electric Cooperative’s Gartina Falls project near Hoonah, Alaska. The project, which is fully funded at less than $8 million, will replace 30 percent of the diesel use in Hoonah. Local businesses, which are not eligible for the state’s power-cost equalization program, stand to benefit from the...
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