Minnesota Coop Seeks Approval of Transmission Project
Posted on Aug 4, 2023
Minnesota Power and Great River Energy are seeking regulatory approval of the Northland Reliability Project, a 180-mile high-voltage transmission line to bolster electric reliability throughout northern and central Minnesota. Subject to such approval, the companies expect construction to begin in 2027 and the line to be operational in 2030, with a total cost estimated between $970 million and $1.3 billion.
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Appeals Court Holds South Dakota Coop is Bound by its Wholesale Power Contract
Posted on Aug 4, 2023
After a nearly three-year legal battle, the United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit has upheld a ruling that Dakota Energy has no legal route to a buyout under its wholesale power contract with East River Electric Coop. If the Dakota Energy chooses to do so, it can appeal to the Eighth Circuit “en banc” and request a ruling from all 11 judges on the circuit.
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Snapping Shoals EMC installs 20-year energy storage battery system
Posted on Aug 3, 2023
Snapping Shoals EMC, in collaboration with Stryten Energy Partnership, commemorated the installation of Georgia’s first Vanadium Redox Flow Battery System this week. The system will help store clean energy for 20 years without losing capacity for the cooperatives 100,000+ members.
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Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative begins development of Solar Energy Sustainability Project in Seguin, Texas
Posted on Aug 1, 2023
Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative, which serves 120,000 consumers in South Central Texas, is partnering with Vitesco Technologies and Big Sun Solar for one of the first three-party power purchase agreements in Texas, a solar project on 12 acres which will generate 4,800 megawatt hours per year.
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Eversheds Sutherland Advises Rayburn Financing of Sherman Gas Plant Acquisition
Posted on Aug 1, 2023
Eversheds Sutherland acted as legal advisor to Rayburn Electric Cooperative in financing its purchase of the Panda Sherman Power plant, a 758 megawatt natural gas-fueled power plant capable of supplying power to 750,000 homes, through concurrent closings of a private placement transaction with various investors, and a bridge loan from CoBank, ACB.
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Oglethorpe Power Announces Commercial Operation of First New U.S. Nuclear Unit in Three Decades
Posted on Jul 31, 2023
Oglethorpe Power Corporation has announced that Plant Vogtle Unit 3 has reached commercial operation, the first new nuclear unit in three decades, which will provide emissions-free power to Georgia.
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Louisiana Cooperatives to Receive Nearly 30 Million in Disaster Aid
Posted on Jul 28, 2023
Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) recently announced 28.7 million in FEMA grants will be awarded to Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative and Beauregard Electrical Cooperative. The coops will use the funds to repair damage from Hurricanes Laura and Delta.
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NRECA Urges Coops to Apply for Federal Broadband Funding
Posted on Jul 24, 2023
The federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program is offering up to $42.5 billion in funding to deploy or upgrade broadband networks to increase access to high-speed internet service in rural areas. NRECA is encouraging coops to begin evaluating the new rules for the grants, noting that if coops do not apply and win it to serve their areas, “someone else will.”
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ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE HELPING TO PROTECT THREATENED WILDLIFE
Posted on Jul 19, 2023
The CEO of East Central Energy, the first rural electric cooperative to receive a certificate of inclusion from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service into the Monarch Butterfly Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances, spoke to a House panel about the ways the federal government can collaborate with local property owners to conserve wildlife.
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Trico Electric Cooperative Participates in Light up Navajo Program
Posted on Jul 17, 2023
Employees of Trico Electric Cooperative are the first Arizona participants in the Light Up Navajo program to provide electricity to members of the Navajo Nation in Chile, Arizona.
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United Power announces 20 year battery storage contract
Posted on Jul 11, 2023
Colorado cooperative United Power, Inc. announced a 20 year agreement for battery storage throughout their service territory designed to integrate renewable resources and balance their load. Ameresco Inc, a cleantech integrator will install the 78.3 MW, 313.34 MWh batteries.
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Leaders from Electric Cooperatives Testify to USDA on Farm Bill Recommendations
Posted on Jul 10, 2023
Leaders from electric cooperatives testified before the USDA on programs that are being considered in the 2023 farm bill that have been valuable to electric cooperative and the rural communities they...
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Florida Cooperatives Receive Federal Funds for Rural Broadband Expansion Projects
Posted on Jul 3, 2023
Five Florida electric cooperatives and their broadband partner have collectively secured nearly $56 million dollars in American Rescue Plan Act funding to deploy multi-gigabit-capable fiber-to-the-home networks in rural communities. The expansion is expected to span 20 counties and serve the cooperatives’ nearly 100,000 members.
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South Carolina Cooperative to Open Housing Facility for Linemen
Posted on Jun 30, 2023
Aiken Electric Cooperative recently announced it will open a storm restoration and community center in September 2023 that will serve linemen in the area responding to storm-related power outages. The cooperative expects the facility to improve response times and increase morale.
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