Co-ops Cope with Midwest Flooding
Published: September 30th, 2010 in: ResponseHeavy rains in the Upper Midwest have brought major flooding to parts of three states, with co-ops handling sporadic outages and warning consumer-members about hazards posed by flood-damaged... Read more
Co-op CEO Aids Recovery Effort
Published: September 30th, 2010 in: Co-op NewsA co-op executive will help the state of Alabama decide what to do with billions of dollars in penalties stemming from a major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. E.A “Bucky” Jakins, Jr... Read more
Arizona Co-op Challenges Rail Rates
Published: September 30th, 2010 in: STBA co-op in Arizona has made its case to federal regulators that monopoly railroad service is driving up the rates it pays for transporting coal to a power plant. A representative of... Read more
Air Force Base Turns to Fla. Co-op
Published: September 30th, 2010 in: Business & FinanceA move toward privatization of services at an Air Force base in Florida means Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative will be adding a major member to its rolls. In a Sept. 28 agreement, Gulf Coast... Read more
Solar Decathlon Set for 2011
Published: September 30th, 2010 in: Energy EfficiencyTwenty teams have been picked, and the competition dates have been set, for the Solar Decathlon 2011. The Department of Energy will host the event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C... Read more
News Roundup for Sept. 30
Published: September 30th, 2010 in: News RoundupOfficials have broken ground on a $1.4 million transmission project designed to upgrade the grid in Maine. The Maine Power Reliability Program will include substation construction and about 450... Read more
NRECA: EPA Wrong on Biomass
Published: September 30th, 2010 in: EPAThe Environmental Protection Agency will stymie development of an important source of renewable energy by including biomass combustion in required accountings of greenhouse gas emissions, NRECA... Read more
There’s Something About Willie
Published: September 28th, 2010 in: Co-op NewsHe’s every bit the baby boomer, born when Harry Truman was president, in an era when a computer occupied an entire room. Yet while his contemporaries contemplate a Florida retirement condo... Read more
Signs of Progress for Communities
Published: September 28th, 2010 in: Local InitiativesTwo months after Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative’s Visioning Day, there are more signs of progress in its efforts to revive two distressed communities. Lacoochee, Fla., and... Read more
Energy Efficiency, Before and After
Published: September 28th, 2010 in: Consumer OutreachThe Gassville, Ark., home of Bill and Mary Quilhot is about to join the alumni ranks of two other homes in the state that have gone undergone top-to-bottom, energy-efficient makeovers, courtesy of... Read more