East Coast Cooperatives Work to Restore Power After Winter Storm
Posted on Jan 7, 2022
Lineworkers from North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania are assisting Virginia, Maryland and Delaware-based crews to restore power after a winter storm knocked out power to more than 160,000 meters. The outages were caused by heavy snow on limbs and trees.
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Ninnescah Rural Electric Cooperative Partners With 11 Other Cooperatives on Construction of New Solar Farm
Posted on Jan 3, 2022
Twelve electric cooperatives, including Ninnescah Rural Electric Cooperative, are part of a Kansas solar farm construction project designed to help ease costs on members by providing an additional source of power during high demand times. The project will generate more than 20 megawatts of power and aid the electric cooperatives during peak usage time in the hottest and longest months of the year when the sun is shining the brightest and longest.
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Electric Cooperatives Work to Restore Power After Deadly Tornadoes
Posted on Dec 14, 2021
After tornadoes and strong winds ravaged parts of the South and Midwest, electric cooperatives are working to restore damage to transmission lines and support structures in order to restore power to communities. Full restoration is likely to take weeks as it is conservatively estimated that more than 1,000 utility poles were damaged in the storms, but less affected electric cooperatives have already begun assisting those with the most damage.
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North Carolina Electric Cooperative Awarded $6 Million to Aid Members with Energy-Efficiency Upgrades
Posted on Dec 14, 2021
Roanoke Electric Cooperative (Roanoke) in North Carolina was recently awarded a $6 million loan by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program designed to help rural businesses fight climate change, create jobs, and expand access to renewable technologies. Roanoke will use the funds to expand its existing energy-efficiency program and to aid the cooperative’s broadband subsidiary finance connections to remote homes.
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Ozarks Electric Cooperative Helps Arkansas City Meet Commitments to Renewable, Cost-Efficient Power
Posted on Dec 10, 2021
Ozarks Electric Cooperative helped Fayetteville, Arkansas earn a spot on a global list of municipalities recognized for commitments to clean, cost-efficient power by adding solar and storage to two of the city’s wastewater treatment plants.
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Iowa Cooperative Awards Zero-Interest Loan to Assisted Living Facility
Posted on Dec 3, 2021
T.I.P. Rural Electric Cooperative of Brooklyn, Iowa was granted $300,000 by the USDA Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program to make a zero-interest loan to the Mayflower Community, an Iowa assisted living community, to fund construction of a new dining facility. T.I.P. Rural Electric Cooperative’s Board of Directors added $60,000 in matching funds to fund the $360,000 loan.
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Riverland Energy Cooperative New Solar Array System Provides Electricity for More than 500 Homes
Posted on Nov 29, 2021
Riverland Energy Cooperative recently cut the ribbon on a new solar array system that can provide electricity for about 550 homes. Riverland has a purchase agreement with OneEnergy Renewables to buy the electricity from its 8,000 Panel, 3MW output system. The bi-facial panels are designed to move east to west with the sun, optimizing energy production.
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House Reconciliation Bill Includes Provisions to Assist Coops in Energy Transition
Posted on Nov 24, 2021
The recently passed House budget reconciliation bill includes two provisions that will directly assist electric cooperatives, including Direct Pay Energy Innovation Tax Credits, which provides the equivalent of a federal tax incentive for renewable investments via direct payments, and the USDA Voluntary Energy Transition Program, which provides $10 billion to defray the cost of voluntary coal retirements or renewable investments, which may be used by electric coops.
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FCC Announces Additional Funding for Rural Broadband Expansion
Posted on Nov 19, 2021
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved another $700 million in winning bids to be authorized through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund this week, which funding will go to 50 broadband providers for projects in 26 states. The primary beneficiary of the funds was Conexon Connect, a fiber provider powered by electric cooperatives that works with rural electric cooperatives on building broadband networks.
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Cloverland Electric Cooperative Announces Launch of New G&T Organization
Posted on Nov 19, 2021
Cloverland Electric Cooperative recently announced the launch of American Rural Cooperative Power, a new generation and transmission (G&T) organization that will stabilize power supply costs and manage future rate increases for Cloverland. Following funding related to the passage of the federal infrastructure bill, American Rural Cooperative Power will manage renewable energy projects to create a balanced approach to renewables and energy deployment.
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D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments and Torch Clean Energy Announce Financial Notice to Proceed for Hunter Solar
Posted on Nov 16, 2021
D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) and Torch Clean Energy (Torch) announced today that they have reached financial notice to proceed on Hunter Solar, a 75 MW solar facility in Arapahoe County, Colorado that was initially developed by Cypress Creek Renewables, LLC, and was acquired in a joint venture between DESRI and Torch. Hunter Solar has two power purchase agreements in place, one with CORE Electric Cooperative (CORE) and the other with Holy Cross Energy (HCE), collectively for the full capacity of the project. Pam Feuerstein, Chief Operating Officer of CORE, said the Hunter Solar...
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Electric Cooperatives Laud Passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Posted on Nov 8, 2021
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association CEO Jim Matheson praised Congress’ passage of a bipartisan infrastructure bill that will support clean energy technologies, broadband deployment, grid modernization and resiliency and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, all of which will assist in meeting the needs of communities served by electric cooperatives.
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Twenty-Two Electric Cooperatives Ranked in Top 100 National Cooperative List
Posted on Nov 7, 2021
Twenty-two electric cooperatives, including Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Oglethorpe Power Corporation, have been included in the National Cooperative Bank Coop 100 List, which ranks cooperatives across a variety of industries by revenue. The twenty-two coops collectively earned $20.4 billion in revenue and had $64.5 billion in assets last year.
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Alaska Coop Invests in Solar Technology
Posted on Nov 1, 2021
Kotzebue Electric Association, an Alaska electric cooperative, is planning to build a solar-powered microgrid to reduce its reliance on diesel fuel. Alaska Native Renewable Industries will build a 576 kW ground mount solar system powered by SolarEdge technology.
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