Energy & Environment
Feds Seek Answer to Fish-Eating BirdPublished: March 5th, 2012
What’s black and white, has a four-foot wingspan and threatens to affect the price of electricity in the Northwest? The answer is the double-crested cormorant, and its ravenous appetite for... 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
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
Energy & Environment
Feds to Support Energy ProjectsPublished: January 24th, 2012
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced recently that it has $25.4 million in funding available to help agricultural producers and small rural businesses complete a variety of energy efficiency and... Read more
Energy & Environment
USDA Closes Rural OfficesPublished: January 17th, 2012
The U.S. Agriculture Department will shutter 259 offices across the country, including more than three dozen rural development offices, in a cost-cutting measure. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack... Read more