Wolverine Power Cooperative Enters Into 20-year PPA with Exelon Generation
Posted on Oct 30, 2015 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Wolverine Power Cooperative Enters Into 20-year PPA with Exelon Generation
Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc. (Wolverine) entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 153 MW of new wind generation from Exelon Generation’s Michigan Wind 3 project. When the Michigan Wind 3 project is complete, Wolverine will be the renewable energy leader in Michigan with more than 350 MW of wind generation in its portfolio, giving Michigan cooperatives a 30...
Alaskan Cooperative Considers New Hydroelectric Plant
Posted on Oct 28, 2015 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Alaskan Cooperative Considers New Hydroelectric Plant
Inside Passage Electrical Cooperative, located in Southeast Alaska, is looking into developing a new hydroelectric power plant in the village of Kake, Alaska. The project could cut the city’s diesel consumption in half.
Coops Challenge Clean Power Plan
Posted on Oct 26, 2015 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Rates, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Coops Challenge Clean Power Plan
NRECA and dozens of electric cooperatives have filed suit challenging the EPA’s Clean Power Plan (Plan). The Plan was published in the Federal Register and, therefore, became open to legal challenge on October 23 and is set to take effect on December 23.
USDA Awards $2.3 Billion for Rural Electric Infrastructure Projects
Posted on Oct 23, 2015 in Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on USDA Awards $2.3 Billion for Rural Electric Infrastructure Projects
The USDA is awarding $2.3 billion in loans through its USDA Rural Development’s Electric Program, which makes loans and loan guarantees to cooperative associates and other utilities for electric distribution in rural areas. Seventy-seven utilities and cooperatives in 31 states will receive loans to build and improve rural electric infrastructure in 31 states. Funding is contingent...
$303M Wind Project Planned in Michigan
Posted on Oct 20, 2015 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on $303M Wind Project Planned in Michigan
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is developing a 150-megawatt wind plant in Deerfield, Michigan with Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc. The 72-turbine project is expected to cost about $303 million and begin commercial operations by the end of 2016.
Illinois Coop Completes Two 500 kW Solar Farms
Posted on Oct 20, 2015 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Illinois Coop Completes Two 500 kW Solar Farms
Prairie Power Inc. has completed construction of two 500kW solar farms in Illinois. Prairie Power provides wholesale electricity to 10 electric distribution cooperatives and is a member of Touchtone Energy.
90 Miles of CapX2020 Transmission Line Energized
Posted on Oct 14, 2015 in Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on 90 Miles of CapX2020 Transmission Line Energized
Owners of the CapX2020 project, including Dairyland Power Cooperative, recently celebrated the energization of approximately 90 miles of newly completed transmission line segments located in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The CapX2020 project is a major transmission project which represents part of the largest expansion of transmission in the Upper Midwest region in decades and is expected...
Wisconsin Electric Coops Install Community Solar Systems for $2 per Watt
Posted on Oct 14, 2015 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Wisconsin Electric Coops Install Community Solar Systems for $2 per Watt
Eau Claire Energy Coop is installing the largest utility-owned solar power system in the state, capable of delivering 875 kilowatts of DC power. The coop’s Member Solar program offers shares of the system to member-customers for $650 per panel or $2.10 per watt.
Tri-State Announces 25-Megawatt Alta Luna Solar Project Partnership
Posted on Oct 14, 2015 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Tri-State Announces 25-Megawatt Alta Luna Solar Project Partnership
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State) and D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments, L.L.C. have announced a 25-year contract to supply the utility with renewable energy from the planned Alta Luna Solar Project to be constructed in Luna County in southwest New Mexico.
Eighth Circuit Upholds FERC Rule on Coop Avoided Cost Rates
Posted on Oct 8, 2015 in Rates, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Eighth Circuit Upholds FERC Rule on Coop Avoided Cost Rates
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has upheld the long-standing determination by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that the avoided cost rate paid by a distribution cooperative for energy purchased from a qualifying cogeneration or small power production facility (QF) is the same as the avoided cost rate of the distribution coop’s generation and transmission...
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