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FERC OKs First Tidal Power License
By Todd H. Cunningham | ECT Staff Writer Published: February 1st, 2012Federal regulators have given a New York City-based developer the go-ahead to generate electricity using innovative technology in its own back yard. Well, not exactly its back yard, but under a river flowing through the city. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s license allows a... Read more
Energy & Environment
FERC OKs First Tidal Power LicensePublished: February 1st, 2012
Federal regulators have given a New York City-based developer the go-ahead to generate electricity using innovative technology in its own back yard. Well, not exactly its back yard, but under a river... Read more
Energy & Environment
NRECA Backs New Nuclear Waste PlanPublished: January 31st, 2012
A federal panel’s proposal to take politics out of the nation’s approach to nuclear waste disposal has met with support from NRECA and five other energy trade associations. The groups said they... Read more
Energy & Environment
Feds Told: Back Off N.W. DisputePublished: January 30th, 2012
A bipartisan group of Northwest lawmakers wants time to work out a regional solution to the trade-off between hydropower and wind energy without the involvement of federal regulators. In a Jan. 24... Read more
CEO Close-up, Energy & Environment
Serious Issues Loom, Co-op CEOs ToldPublished: January 29th, 2012
INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—What’s going on inside the Beltway that concerns electric cooperatives? Plenty. NRECA is currently involved with several federal agencies on a wide range of... Read more
Legislation, Top Story
Hill Panel OKs Dodd-Frank GuidancePublished: January 29th, 2012
The House Agriculture Committee has advanced several bills that address electric cooperatives’ concerns with federal regulators’ “overreach” in writing financial reform regulations. NRECA... Read more