Cooperatives Co-Commission New Solar Field in Arkansas
Posted on Apr 1, 2016 in Project Development, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Cooperatives Co-Commission New Solar Field in Arkansas
Ouachita Electric Cooperative Corporation (OECC), Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) and Aerojet Rocketdyne (Aerojet) formally commissioned a 12-megawatt (AC) array in the Highland Industrial Park in Arkansas. OECC assisted in the project by providing technical support, guidance and expertise, while Aerojet will purchase the solar power and AECC will receive any excess...
Three Iowa Coops May Be Able to Recover Their Costs After All
Posted on Mar 23, 2016 in Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Three Iowa Coops May Be Able to Recover Their Costs After All
An ice storm in April 2013 required three Iowa coops and a municipal utility to spend $19 million for repair and recovery work. The coops requested reimbursement for those expenses from the Federal Emergency Management Agent (FEMA), but their initial request was denied in the Fall of 2013. However, the initial regional FEMA ruling denying recovery was recently overturned, paving the...
NRECA to Help Design Software to Cost-Effectively Improve Grid Resiliency
Posted on Jan 25, 2016 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Reliability, Technology | Comments Off on NRECA to Help Design Software to Cost-Effectively Improve Grid Resiliency
With a $1.8 million grant from the Department of Energy, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) will help develop software designed to identify the most cost-effective upgrades that utilities can make to improve grid resiliency in order to reduce economic losses caused by weather-related power outages.
Great River Energy and Other Cooperatives Join Grid Stability Research Project
Posted on Jan 25, 2016 in Innovation/Efficiency, Reliability, Technology | Comments Off on Great River Energy and Other Cooperatives Join Grid Stability Research Project
Great River Energy and other cooperatives in the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) are researching ways to increase grid flexibility in order to integrate more intermittent distributed renewable energy resources. NRECA plans to create a water heater controller and a smart circuit breaker capable of controlling plug-in appliances with the hope of making load...
Coops Repairing After Severe Storms
Posted on Jan 6, 2016 in Grid & Infrastructure, Reliability | Comments Off on Coops Repairing After Severe Storms
After severe ice storms in parts of Texas and Oklahoma and major flooding from Illinois to Arkansas, electric coops are facing weeks of repairs. As repairs to any damaged systems move forward, coops are continuing to monitor any conditions that could cause scattered outages.
NRECA Suggests Changes to Clean Power Plan’s “Safety Valve”
Posted on Jan 4, 2016 in Climate Change, Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Litigation, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on NRECA Suggests Changes to Clean Power Plan’s “Safety Valve”
The NRECA filed a petition on December 21 requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) include a more robust “safety valve” in its Clean Power Plan to allow power providers relief from emissions standards in the event that those standards will have adverse effects on reliability. The EPA’s plan does include a “safety valve,” but the current structure may be insufficient...
Sutherland Represents EKPC in Gas Plant Acquisition
Posted on Jan 4, 2016 in Mergers/Acquisitions, Regulation & Policy, Reliability | Comments Off on Sutherland Represents EKPC in Gas Plant Acquisition
Sutherland recently represented East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. (EKPC) in its acquisition of a 594-megawatt natural gas power plant located in Oldham County, Kentucky from Bluegrass Generation Co. LLC. The transaction, approved by the Kentucky Public Service Commission last month, closed on December 29, 2015.
Tucson Electric Power and Navopache Electric Cooperative reach 25-year Power Supply Agreement
Posted on Dec 11, 2015 in Reliability | Comments Off on Tucson Electric Power and Navopache Electric Cooperative reach 25-year Power Supply Agreement
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has reached a 25-year wholesale power supply agreement with Navopache Electric Cooperative (Navopache) to begin delivering power on January 1, 2017. Under the agreement, TEP will satisfy Navopache’s energy requirements and provide ancillary services that support the transmission of electric power and help ensure service reliability to Navopache’s 33,000...
Basin Asks D.C. Circuit to Stay Clean Power Plan
Posted on Nov 9, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Basin Asks D.C. Circuit to Stay Clean Power Plan
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin) is among the electric industry participants asking the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit) to stay the implementation of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), arguing that preparing to comply with the CPP’s requirements while legal challenges are still pending would cause a significant waste of resources in the event...
Arkansas Electric Joins in Cyber Attack Prevention Research
Posted on Oct 12, 2015 in Grid & Infrastructure, Reliability, Technology | Comments Off on Arkansas Electric Joins in Cyber Attack Prevention Research
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (Arkansas Electric) has teamed up with researchers from five universities in an effort to ensure increased security for the nation’s electric power grid. Arkansas Electric will serve as an industry partner to researchers working in conjunction with the Department of Energy Center for Securing Electric Energy Delivery Systems.
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