Electric Cooperatives Discuss Top Policy Priorities for 2023
Posted on Jan 4, 2023
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association held a recent Question and Answer session to outline its 2023 policy goals aimed at helping pass legislation benefiting cooperatives and ensuring the new laws are implemented as intended.
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Basin Electric Power Cooperative Announced Power Purchase Agreement with ENGIE North America for 200 Megawatts of Wind Energy
Posted on Dec 15, 2022
Basin Electric Power Cooperative announced a twenty-five year, 200 megawatt power purchase agreement with ENGIE North America’s North Bend Wind facility in South Dakota, expected to come online in late 2023. The North Bend facility will power 73,000 homes and reduce the region’s carbon emissions by 620,000 tonnes per year.
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Basin Electric Power Cooperative Seeks to Expand Natural Gas Generation
Posted on Dec 13, 2022
In part to respond to a growing data center industry in McKenzie County, North Dakota, Basin Electric Power Cooperative has sought state approval to build Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV, an expansion of their existing 242 megawatt natural gas-fired facility. The $670 million project would increase the facility’s capacity by 141%.
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Cooperatives and Other Groups Urge the Department of Energy to Alleviate Supply Chain Challenges
Posted on Dec 8, 2022
The American Public Power Association, the Edison Electric Institute and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association submitted joint comments to the Department of Energy (DOE) at the end of November, urging the DOE to use the Defense Production Act to prioritize transformers and critical grid components. The groups noted that electric reliability is a prerequisite to many of the administration’s goals.
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Cooperatives Face Financial Pressures According to Fitch
Posted on Dec 8, 2022
Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday that sustained cost pressures due to inflationary pressures, higher natural gas prices and slowed growth will put pressure on electric cooperatives and public power companies. Cooperatives and public power companies also face ongoing supply and demand uncertainty from extreme temperatures and droughts.
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Cooperative Restores Power after North Carolina Attack
Posted on Dec 7, 2022
Randolph Electric Membership Corp., a North Carolina electric cooperative, has built more than two miles of tielines to connect de-energized lines affected by the gunfire attack on two Duke Energy transmission substations this past weekend to available power, restoring service to members.
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North Carolina Electric Cooperatives Complete Ten Battery Projects to Provide 40 Megawatts of Electricity
Posted on Dec 6, 2022
In collaboration with FlexGen Power Systems, Inc., North Carolina Electric Cooperatives Brunswick Electric, Randolph Electric Membership Corporation (EMC), Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative, Central Electric, Four County EMC, Jones-Onslow EMC, Pee Dee Electric, South River EMC, Tri-County EMC and Wake Electric celebrated the completion of ten battery projects providing 40 megawatts of storage for 2.5 million North Carolinians this week. The new batteries, sited at substations in rural areas, will insulate the grid and enhance reliability.
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South Carolina Electric Cooperatives Partner with Optiwatt to Align Electric Vehicle Charging with Grid Demand
Posted on Dec 5, 2022
South Carolina Electric Cooperatives, including York Electric Cooperative have initiated a pilot program with Optiwatt, an app that assists electric vehicle owners in managing their charging to reduce costs. The program asks electric vehicle owners to offset charging during peak times and provides the cooperatives with data on the charging habits of its members and how charging effects equipment used to distribute power. Participants will receive a $150 bill credit.
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North Dakota Cooperative Proposes Expansion of Gas-Fired Generation Station
Posted on Dec 2, 2022
Basin Electric Power Cooperative is proposing to add two 235 megawatt simple-cycle combustion turbines and six 18.8 megawatt reciprocal internal combustion engines to its gas-fired Pioneer Generation Station in McKenzie County, North Dakota to address increased demand from the rapid increase in development of computer server farm facilities that host data centers and cyroptocurrency mining. The North Dakota Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing on the expansion on January 5, 2022.
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STACK Infrastructure Breaks Ground on Data Center to be Supplied by Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative
Posted on Dec 1, 2022
STACK Infrastructure began building their newest hyperscale campus in Prince William County, Virginia targeted for Q1 2024. The 40-acre site will deliver 100 megawatts of scalable renewable capacity supplied by Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative.
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Escambia County Partners with Escambia River Electric Cooperative to Bring High Speed Fiber Internet to Thousands
Posted on Nov 29, 2022
Escambia County agreed to partner with Escambia River Electric Cooperative to bring high speed fiber internet to over four thousand homes and businesses in in rural northern Escambia County. Escambia County will provide $6 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds for the project.
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New Hampshire Electric Cooperative’s New President Discusses Her Plans for Addressing High Energy Bills and Role in Diversifying the Energy Field
Posted on Nov 28, 2022
New Hampshire Electric Cooperative’s incoming president Alyssa Clemson Roberts spoke with the New Hampshire Bulletin about consumer concern for high energy bills and the cooperative’s plan to reduce market risk, as well as the importance of mentorship for diversifying the energy field from a male-dominant space.
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Beartooth Electric Cooperative Sued for Alleged Tree Trimming Company Negligence
Posted on Nov 23, 2022
A civil suit has been filed against Beartooth Electric Cooperative in connection with a November 2021 fire that broke out after a tree branch hit a power line in the electric cooperative’s right of way.
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CORE Electric Cooperative Forms Partnership to Plant Trees in Colorado
Posted on Nov 22, 2022
In a first of its kind venture, CORE Electric Cooperative (CORE) has partnered with FarmBox Foods to plant trees in a Vertical Hydroponic Farm inside an upcycled shipping container to rehabilitate forests along Colorado’s Front Range. CORE plans on planting 15,000 blue spruces and ponderosa pines in the first three years of the project.
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