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Wabash Valley Power Signs Solar PPA

Wabash Valley Power has entered into a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to purchase energy and capacity from a 99 MW solar array. The Prairie State Solar Project, located in Perry County, Illinois, will be the largest solar array in Illinois.

Coop Signs Power Purchase and Asset Acquisition Agreement for Solar Facility

Mid-Kansas Electric Company Inc. (Mid-Kansas), an affiliate of Sunflower Electric Power Corp., has signed a 25-year power purchase and asset acquisition agreement with Lightsource BP with respect to a 20 MW solar project to be located in Kansas. Lightsource BP will build, own and operate the solar facility, and Mid-Kansas will purchase solar energy from the facility once it is in...

Tenaska and Associated Enter PPA for Wind Project

Nebraska-based Tenaska Inc. (Tenaska) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. (Associated) for a 236 MW wind project in northwest Missouri. The project is expected to be operational in 2020.

Cooperatives File for Community Solar Program Approval

Four of Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s member-owners (A&N Electric Cooperative, Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, Northern Neck Electric Cooperative and Rappahannock Electric Cooperative) have filed applications with the Virginia State Corporation Commission to implement community solar pilot programs. If approved, the cooperatives would establish three-year pilot programs to...

Cooperative to Partner with SUNY on Solar and Battery Storage Project

Delaware County Electric Cooperative (DCEC), the State University of New York (SUNY) and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) have announced a new project to build a solar and energy storage system that will provide clean, local power to the State University of New York at Delhi campus and the local community. This project is part of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Reforming the Energy...

GRE Issues Solar and Storage Request for Proposal

Great River Energy (GRE), a Minnesota-based electric cooperative, has issued a request for proposal seeking up to 10 MW of solar PV generation resources to be located on multiple sites and interconnected to the Dakota Electric Association distribution system. GRE is also seeking up to 10 MW/20 MWh of energy storage systems, configured for PV-only charging, co-located with the solar PV...

FERC Confirms UEC’s Authority to Build Transmission Line

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently ordered Umatilla Electric Cooperative (UEC) to provide wholesale transmission service to a certain wind energy project, rejecting a protest by Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative that the action would encroach on its exclusive service territory. The proposed wind farm, located near Heppner, Oregon, would include up to 292...

Wabash Valley and Hoosier Energy Sign Wind PPA

Wabash Valley Power Association (Wabash Valley) and Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Hoosier Energy) have signed a two-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with EDP Renewables to purchase 100 percent of the wind capacity from Meadow Lake V located in northwestern Indiana. The PPA will provide 25 MW of energy in 2018 and an additional 50 MW in 2020 for Hoosier Energy, and...

Electric Coop Completing Construction on New Hampshire’s Largest Solar Array

New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NHEC) is working to complete construction on a $5 million solar electric array by the end of the year. Once completed, the 2 MW system will include 7,200 panels and is expected to save NHEC members nearly $300,000 a year.

Otero Signs Record Low Solar PPA

Otero County Electric Cooperative has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for an in-development solar project for less than 4.5 cents per kWh. The 3 MW project is expected to come on line in 2018.

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