Settlement Reached for Utah Coal Plant
Posted on Oct 7, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Litigation, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Settlement Reached for Utah Coal Plant
Deseret Electric Power Cooperative (Deseret), WildEarth Guardians, the Sierra Club and federal regulators have reached an agreement establishing limits on the amount of coal that the Bonanza Power Plant, located in Uintah County, Utah, may burn. The limits imposed by the deal could result in the early retirement of the Bonanza Power Plant, but Deseret believes the deal will allow for...
Historic Flooding Hits South Carolina’s Electric Coops
Posted on Oct 6, 2015 in Climate Change, Environmental, Reliability | Comments Off on Historic Flooding Hits South Carolina’s Electric Coops
Epic rainfall over South Carolina is inundating electric cooperative substations, flooding ground-mounted transformer vaults and toppling trees with weakened root systems into power lines.
Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative Signs PPA with SolarCity for Battery-Stored Solar Power
Posted on Sep 11, 2015 in Innovation/Efficiency, Reliability, Renewable Energy, Technology | Comments Off on Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative Signs PPA with SolarCity for Battery-Stored Solar Power
Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has agreed to purchase electricity from SolarCity’s proposed 52-MWh battery system project, believed to be the first utility-scale system in the U.S. capable of dispatching stored solar power. The project, when completed, will provide 13 megawatts of solar power to the grid in the evening, when demand is highest. The power purchase agreement...
Touchstone Receives Feedback on Potential “Value-Added Services” for Coops
Posted on Aug 18, 2015 in Energy Savings Programs, Innovation/Efficiency, Reliability | Comments Off on Touchstone Receives Feedback on Potential “Value-Added Services” for Coops
Touchstone Energy’s 2014-2015 Survey on the Cooperative Difference solicited responses from consumer members on certain “value-added services” that coops may be able to provide. Outage alerts, energy efficiency programs and community solar all received positive feedback. Click here for more.
Southern Minnesota Energy Cooperative Completes Acquisition of Electric Service Territory from Alliant Energy
Posted on Jul 31, 2015 in Mergers/Acquisitions, Rates, Reliability | Comments Off on Southern Minnesota Energy Cooperative Completes Acquisition of Electric Service Territory from Alliant Energy
The Southern Minnesota Energy Cooperative, a group of 12 electric cooperatives, finalized the acquisition of electric service territory in southern Minnesota from investor-owned Alliant Energy. Approximately 43,000 Alliant Energy customers in southern Minnesota are now member-owners of their respective electric cooperative. Read more about the acquisition here.
Coops Fare Well in J.D. Power Utility Study
Posted on Jul 20, 2015 in Innovation/Efficiency, Rates, Reliability | Comments Off on Coops Fare Well in J.D. Power Utility Study
Several coops were highly ranked in the J.D. Power 2015 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. Only 20 coops were reviewed for the study, which was limited to utilities with at least 100,000 residential customers, but many of those included scored well. Click here for a link to J.D. Power’s report and here for more information on the performance of coops.
Department of Energy Urged to Expand Renewable Energy Grant Programs
Posted on Jul 17, 2015 in Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Legislative & Politics, Reliability | Comments Off on Department of Energy Urged to Expand Renewable Energy Grant Programs
Representatives from Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands have urged the Department of Energy to expand grant programs to help reduce the relatively high capital costs of renewable energy installation projects facing operators of islanded, non-grid-connected communities and to make the projects economically feasible. Read more about the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative’s...
FEMA Grant Will Help Vermont Coop Clean Up
Posted on Jun 9, 2015 in Legislative & Politics, Reliability | Comments Off on FEMA Grant Will Help Vermont Coop Clean Up
Vermont legislators announced last Friday that the Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) will receive a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The $2.1 million grant will cover cleanup and repair costs related to severe weather that occurred last December and caused 45,000 outages in VEC’s service territory. Click here for more.
Electric Cooperatives Support Federal Right-of-Way Changes
Posted on May 27, 2015 in Legislative & Politics, Reliability | Comments Off on Electric Cooperatives Support Federal Right-of-Way Changes
The chief executive officers of Central Electric Cooperative and Missoula Electric Cooperative spoke before Congress to voice their support for right-of-way management of federal lands. The issue has become increasingly important to electric cooperatives as dry conditions have increased the chances that fallen trees can spark wildfires capable of causing significant damage to poles...
G&T Cooperatives Join DOE Grid Study
Posted on May 22, 2015 in Climate Change, Grid & Infrastructure, Reliability | Comments Off on G&T Cooperatives Join DOE Grid Study
The Department of Energy (DOE) has invited two generation and transmission cooperatives, Great River Energy and Hoosier Energy, to join 15 other electric utilities in the Partnership for Energy Sector Climate Resilience to help strengthen the grid against extreme weather and impacts from climate change. Read more about the Partnership’s goals here.
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