Federal Court Delays Mandate Overturning FERC Order 745
Posted on Oct 22, 2014 in Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Federal Court Delays Mandate Overturning FERC Order 745
The federal court that recently overturned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) controversial Order 745, which required consumers be paid for using less power during high-demand periods, has granted FERC’s petition for a stay. The federal court said it would delay its mandate until December 16. During the stay, FERC could file a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme...
Midwest Coops Support Increased Regional Planning
Posted on Oct 20, 2014 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Midwest Coops Support Increased Regional Planning
Representatives from two large generation and transmission cooperatives, Minnesota’s Great River Energy and Indiana’s Hoosier Energy, urged state and federal leaders to engage in more coordination at the regional level at a recent conference sponsored by the Midwestern Governors Association. Coops suggested, among other things, that plans to comply with new Clean Air Act regulations...
USDA Announces Loan Guarantees for Rural Improvements
Posted on Oct 17, 2014 in Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on USDA Announces Loan Guarantees for Rural Improvements
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced $1.4 billion in loan guarantees to improve rural electric infrastructure, including moneys for smart grid and renewable energy investments. Electric coops were among the recipients of this recent round of funding. Click here for more information.
North Dakota PSC Accepting Comments on EPA’s Proposed CO2 Rules
Posted on Oct 9, 2014 in Climate Change, Environmental, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on North Dakota PSC Accepting Comments on EPA’s Proposed CO2 Rules
The North Dakota Public Service Commission (ND PSC) is accepting comments from electric utilities, electric cooperatives and any other interested stakeholders regarding the proposed CO2 rules of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The ND PSC will use the information it receives when it prepares its official comments to the EPA. The EPA has issued a proposed rule...
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to EPA’s Authority
Posted on Oct 9, 2014 in Environmental, Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to EPA’s Authority
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court denied an electric utility group’s challenge to the emissions standards for ozone pollution of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Utility Air Regulatory Group filed a petition in April claiming that the July 2013 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholding the EPA’s 2008 National Ambient Air Quality...
North Dakota Coop Vies for Territory
Posted on Oct 7, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on North Dakota Coop Vies for Territory
The North Dakota Public Service Commission has ruled in favor of Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU) in a territorial dispute with Capital Electric Cooperative (CEC) over which company should provide service to an industrial customer building a plant in McKenzie, North Dakota. MDU and CEC divide territory between themselves under a service area agreement, but the agreement did not cover...
EPA May Adjust Carbon Dioxide Standard Based on Public Comments
Posted on Oct 6, 2014 in Climate Change, Environmental, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on EPA May Adjust Carbon Dioxide Standard Based on Public Comments
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may adjust its proposed carbon dioxide standard for existing coal-based power plants according to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. The standard, which sets emission levels for each state, was proposed on June 2. After the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and other organizations encouraged the agency to allow more time to study...
Florida Supreme Court Declines Intervention in Utility Dispute
Posted on Oct 1, 2014 in Legislative & Politics, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Florida Supreme Court Declines Intervention in Utility Dispute
The Florida Supreme Court has decided not to take up the ongoing dispute between Lee County Electric Cooperative and the city of Cape Coral regarding the costs of moving utility lines and power poles due to a road project. To read more about this story, click here.
Federal Court Sides with Coops over FERC’s Demand Response Request
Posted on Oct 1, 2014 in Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Rates, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Federal Court Sides with Coops over FERC’s Demand Response Request
A federal court rejected a request from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review its decision against a FERC demand response order. FERC’s Order 745 issued in 2011 required that demand response participants in organized markets be compensated at full retail market price when they refrained from using electricity. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association...
Michigan Coop Asks FERC to Change Cost Order
Posted on Sep 29, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Michigan Coop Asks FERC to Change Cost Order
Michigan’s Cloverland Electric Cooperative (Cloverland) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reverse an order requiring Cloverland to pay potentially millions in costs for a plant from which Cloverland argues it derives no direct benefit. When investor-owned utility We Energies decided to close its coal-fired Presque Isle Power Plant, the Midcontinent...
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