News Roundup for March 31
Published: March 31st, 2010 in: News RoundupPresident Obama, who has indicated that he supports expanded offshore drilling, is proposing to open tracts off the Atlantic coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska for gas... Read more
Watchdog Told to Modify Procedures
Published: March 30th, 2010 in: NERCNoting a “growing concern” that its certified grid watchdog’s voting procedures are preventing it from complying with reliability directives, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has... Read more
Grid Security Bill Approved on Hill
Published: March 30th, 2010 in: CrimeA House Energy and Commerce subcommittee has approved bipartisan legislation that would give federal regulators new authority to order protection of the grid against cyber and physical threats and... Read more
News Roundup for March 30
Published: March 30th, 2010 in: News RoundupOhio officials want to put Lake Erie at the forefront of offshore wind power development. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Gov. Ted Strickland were among those trumpeting the state’s plans to cut... Read more
Co-ops Cited for Green Power
Published: March 30th, 2010 in: Renewable EnergyElectric co-ops are helping make renewable energy more accessible to their consumer-members, responding to—and helping drive—the growing market for green power, a Department of Energy... Read more
News Roundup for March 29
Published: March 29th, 2010 in: News RoundupA bipartisan group of 11 senators is urging President Obama to co-sponsor a summit on nuclear power. A summit could spur development of new reactors and result in a 50-year strategy to ensure a... Read more
Crunching the Climate Change Numbers
Published: March 29th, 2010 in: Climate ChangeThe Wisconsin statewide and its parent, Cooperative Network, have unveiled a do-it-yourself online calculator that allows consumers to estimate how much their electric bills would rise should... Read more
NASCAR Events Going Green
Published: March 29th, 2010 in: Renewable EnergyWhen the words “start your engines” are heard at South Carolina’s Darlington Raceway Mothers’ Day weekend, they’ll be amplified by Green Power. Pee Dee Electric Co-op and its... Read more
Co-op Helps School Wind Project
Published: March 29th, 2010 in: Renewable EnergyA Colorado co-op is playing an important behind-the-scenes role in the first project under the state’s Wind for Schools program. A brand-new turbine at the tiny Walsh School District is... Read more
Directors Urged to Mobilize Members
Published: March 27th, 2010 in: Co-op NewsDirectors of the nation’s rural electric cooperatives are being urged to mobilize their members to confront what NRECA CEO Glenn English called the greatest challenge to the electric co-op power... Read more