Electric Cooperatives among Top 100 Coops Per Report
Posted on Nov 5, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Electric Cooperatives among Top 100 Coops Per Report
The National Cooperative Bank has released its “2015 Co-op 100 List,” which includes 17 electric cooperatives from around the country. Among the electric cooperatives to make the list are Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Oglethorpe Power Corporation and Seminole Electric Cooperative. Overall the 17 electric cooperatives accounted for approximately 7 percent of the total annual...
SEC Announces Second Round of Charges against Underwriters under MCDC Initiative
Posted on Oct 6, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on SEC Announces Second Round of Charges against Underwriters under MCDC Initiative
On September 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced enforcement actions against 22 municipal bond underwriters, the second round of enforcement actions brought by the SEC under the Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative (MCDC Initiative). The SEC brought these enforcement actions based on the underwriters self-reporting potential continuing...
CoServ Begins Final Testing
Posted on Sep 8, 2015 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Project Development, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized | Comments Off on CoServ Begins Final Testing
CoServ Solar Station (CoServ), the largest coop solar installation in Texas, has begun final testing of its 2.7 MW solar farm in Denton County, Texas. The facility is powered by 8,448 solar panels and is one of 14 pilot projects of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Utility Network Deployment Acceleration project.
Texas Coop Announces $3 Million in Nonprofit Grants
Posted on Jun 11, 2015 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Texas Coop Announces $3 Million in Nonprofit Grants
Texas’s Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative has announced that it will donate $3 million to local non-profits over the next three years. The “Bluebonnet Community Grants” program will make grants intended to fund community infrastructure projects and the operations of area nonprofits. Click here for more.
Three U.S. Coops Listed in Top 300 Coops Globally
Posted on Oct 21, 2014 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Three U.S. Coops Listed in Top 300 Coops Globally
The International Co-operative Alliance’s Global 300, a list of the world’s largest cooperatives, included three U.S. electric cooperatives—Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric), Oglethorpe Power Corporation (Oglethorpe) and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. Basin Electric and Oglethorpe were also in the top 15 industry and utility cooperatives. For more...
Coop Agrees to Share Utility Poles with Google Fiber
Posted on Jul 25, 2014 in Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Technology, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Coop Agrees to Share Utility Poles with Google Fiber
Pedernales Electric Cooperative, a coop near Austin, Texas, and Google have reached an agreement that allows Google to use the coop’s existing utility poles to attach fiber-optic cables. Click here to read the coop’s press release for more information.
U.S. Rural Infrastructure Opportunity Fund Announced With Initial $10 Billion in Available Capital
Posted on Jul 24, 2014 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on U.S. Rural Infrastructure Opportunity Fund Announced With Initial $10 Billion in Available Capital
The White House Rural Council announced today at the Rural Opportunity Investment Conference the creation of the U.S. Rural Infrastructure Opportunity Fund (Fund), an investment fund intended to promote rural economic development. CoBank, ACB, a cooperative bank serving agribusiness, rural infrastructure providers and Farm Credit associations throughout the United States, has...
Texas Coop Teaching Firefighters to Handle Rooftop Solar
Posted on Jun 5, 2014 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Texas Coop Teaching Firefighters to Handle Rooftop Solar
In an effort to ensure that local firefighters are properly prepared to fight blazes at structures containing rooftop solar installations, Texas-based Nueces Electric Cooperative is offering free classes on how to handle these installations during a fire. To read more about this story, click here.
Texas Coop Teaching Firefighters to Handle Rooftop Solar
Posted on Jun 4, 2014 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Texas Coop Teaching Firefighters to Handle Rooftop Solar
In an effort to ensure that local firefighters are properly prepared to fight blazes at structures containing rooftop solar installations, Texas-based Nueces Electric Cooperative is offering free classes on how to handle these installations during a fire. To read more about this story, click here.
CoBank’s “Sharing Success” Renewed for 2014
Posted on Mar 31, 2014 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on CoBank’s “Sharing Success” Renewed for 2014
CoBank has announced that it is renewing its “Sharing Success” charitable contribution program for 2014. CoBank’s board has committed $3 million to the program, which will be used to match donations by cooperative customers to non-profits in their communities. Click here for more information.
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