Congress’s Final Session Before Christmas Crucial for Electric Cooperatives
Posted on Nov 15, 2024 in Legislative & Politics | Comments Off on Congress’s Final Session Before Christmas Crucial for Electric Cooperatives
In its final “lame duck” session, Congress is addressing critical issues for electric cooperatives, including the Farm Bill, disaster relief reimbursement for the cost of rebuilding systems after recent hurricanes Helene and Milton, government funding before the December 21 deadline, eligibility for electric co-ops to receive funding from the National Defense Authorization...
$97 Million Awarded to Rural Electric Co-ops for Grid Resilience
Posted on Oct 17, 2024 in Press Release | Comments Off on $97 Million Awarded to Rural Electric Co-ops for Grid Resilience
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), Georgia Transmission Corporation, and eleven rural electric utilities have been selected to negotiate contracts for over $97 million in federal funding from the Department of Energy’s Grid Resilience and Innovative Partnerships (GRIP) program to enhance grid resilience. The consortium will focus on completing...
Electric Cooperatives Begin Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts
Posted on Sep 27, 2024 in Disaster Aid, NRECA | Comments Off on Electric Cooperatives Begin Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts
Recovery efforts have begun in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas after Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 hurricane, made landfall late Thursday, resulting in power loss for over 1.15 million electric cooperative members. More than 6,400 personnel from electric cooperatives across the United States, including lineworkers, support staff, right-of-way contractors, warehouse staff, safety...
NRECA Requests Clarification of NEPA in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado
Posted on Sep 10, 2024 in Environmental, Litigation | Comments Off on NRECA Requests Clarification of NEPA in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado
NRECA filed an amicus brief in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, asking the Supreme Court to clarify that an agency’s ability to analyze environmental impacts under NEPA is restricted to the agency’s actual jurisdiction; NRECA argues that this clarification will help relieve the costly permitting and litigation related delays on cooperative system...
NRECA Challenges EPA’s New Coal Ash Rule
Posted on Aug 8, 2024 in Litigation, Press Release | Comments Off on NRECA Challenges EPA’s New Coal Ash Rule
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has filed a lawsuit with other utility groups challenging the EPA’s new rule on coal ash impoundments, arguing it imposes undue costs and could harm grid reliability. The rule, which expands regulations to include inactive sites and other previously unregulated areas, is criticized for being overly broad and potentially...
NRECA Criticizes Denial of EPA Power Plant Rule Stay
Posted on Jul 21, 2024 in NRECA, Reliability | Comments Off on NRECA Criticizes Denial of EPA Power Plant Rule Stay
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has denied NRECA’s motion to stay EPA’s new power plant rule, a rule that would require premature closure of power plants. NRECA criticized the decision, stating the new rule undermines electric reliability and poses an immediate threat to an already constrained electric grid.
NRECA Challenges Bureau of Land Management’s New Conservation Rule
Posted on Jul 18, 2024 in Litigation | Comments Off on NRECA Challenges Bureau of Land Management’s New Conservation Rule
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) filed a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior, challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) new Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, which they claim hinders electric cooperatives’ operations. NRECA, supported by a coalition of 11 other industries, argues that the rule prioritizes conservation over...
NRECA ACCESS Project Focuses on Expanding Rural Community Solar
Posted on Jul 16, 2024 in Renewable Energy | Comments Off on NRECA ACCESS Project Focuses on Expanding Rural Community Solar
To grow adoption of community solar projects in rural states, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) launched the Achieving Cooperative Community Equitable Solar Sources (ACCESS) project. ACCESS is funded by a $1 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and focuses on research, field tests, and conversations...
NRECA Sues EPA over New Power Plant Rule
On Thursday, NRECA filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against the EPA over its newly released power plant rule that requires sweeping reductions in carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and new natural gas plants. NRECA asserts the new rule is unlawful and unreasonable, posing an immediate threat to the American electric grid and forcing a...NRECA Criticizes New Federal Permitting Rule
Posted on May 13, 2024 in NRECA | Comments Off on NRECA Criticizes New Federal Permitting Rule
NRECA believes the new rule released The White House Council on Environmental Quality final Phase 2 rule under the National Environmental Policy Act will impede critical projects needed to ensure reliable and affordable power. The rule elevates certain environmental considerations, including a project’s climate impacts, above others, which NRECA asserts is inconsistent with NEPA’s...
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