News Roundup for Jan. 29
Published: January 29th, 2010 in: News RoundupNew York Gov. David Paterson has announced plans to install up to 100 megawatts of photovoltaic systems as part of a plan to increase the state’s renewable energy resources. Paterson wants the... Read more
Donation Blitz Adds $15k for Haiti
Published: January 29th, 2010 in: Local InitiativesOn Fridays, employees at Basin Electric Power Co-op hold Jeans Day in which they donate money to local charities and, in exchange, wear their Levis. A typical net for that day is $150 to... Read more
Iowa Co-ops Set Efficiency Goals
Published: January 29th, 2010 in: Energy ConservationElectric co-ops in Iowa have agreed to invest $72 million over five years on cost-effective energy-efficiency programs for their consumer-members. “We’ve looked at how consumer-members... Read more
Battery Manufacturers Get Charged
Published: January 29th, 2010 in: Electric VehiclesNo electric vehicle is going anywhere without a battery, and there has been a spate of developments on that front. General Motors announced that it has built the first advanced lithium-ion... Read more
Co-ops Help Spur Farm Belt Savings
Published: January 28th, 2010 in: Energy EfficiencyCo-ops in Iowa are working with the state’s agricultural extension service to help improve energy efficiency on the state’s farms. “We’ve been working with farmers on renewable... Read more
Crews Battle Snow to Restore Power
Published: January 28th, 2010 in: RecoveryHigh winds, frigid temperatures and blowing snow have made their job more difficult, but they haven’t stopped utility crews and contractors working to restore electric power in the High... Read more
Car Factory Produces Jobs Jolt
Published: January 28th, 2010 in: Electric VehiclesIn an agreement officials expect will bring as many as 1,300 jobs to Tennessee, the Department of Energy has loaned Nissan $1.4 billion to build electric cars at a plant in... Read more
Hawaii Co-op Shines in Solar Survey
Published: January 28th, 2010 in: Co-op NewsHawaii’s Kauai Island Utility Cooperative ranks among the nation’s leading utilities for solar-watts-per-consumer installed on the consumer’s side of the meter, according to a Solar Electric... Read more
Co-ops Offering Help to Haiti
Published: January 28th, 2010 in: InternationalTwo weeks after a devastating earthquake turned much of Haiti’s capital into a pile of rubble, electric co-ops throughout the United States are ready to help re-energize the nation’s power... Read more
Safety Message Averts Tragedy
Published: January 28th, 2010 in: Local InitiativesA life-and-death story featuring teenagers, an overturned Ford Bronco, downed power lines and an electric co-op has inspired a national electrical safety campaign to increase awareness about the... Read more