News Roundup for April 29
Published: April 29th, 2011 in: News RoundupBeing located in California’s Mojave Desert means you use a lot of air conditioning, and, hence, a lot of power. But it also means you can go solar. That’s what the Muroc Unified School... Read more
Key Issues at Legislative Conference
Published: April 29th, 2011 in: Legislation, Legislative ConferenceAs part of this week’s 2011 NRECA Legislative Conference, electric co-op leaders will be calling on members of Congress and their staffs. During these visits, there are four key issues that they... Read more
Deadly Storms Strike Southern Co-ops
Published: April 28th, 2011 in: ResponseUtility line crews worked through the night, but hundreds of thousands of people across the Deep South remained without electricity April 28, hours after deadly storms ravaged the region. The... Read more
The Utility Industry Needs Certainty
Published: April 28th, 2011 in: Co-op VoicesThe electric utility industry loves certainty. Electric utilities make very large investments in power generation facilities that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to construct and then consume... Read more
Electricity is Key for UPS
Published: April 28th, 2011 in: Electric VehiclesHaving 55,000 vehicles on America’s roads each day means quite a fuel bill, which is a big reason why UPS is looking at other options. “We have nearly 2,000 alternative fuel vehicles in... Read more
News Roundup for April 28
Published: April 28th, 2011 in: News RoundupNo kidding. The CIA is conserving energy by burning classified papers. The agency said it routinely burns documents that are often characterized as “burn after reading” in its onsite... Read more
Portable Electric Demo Goes to Class
Published: April 28th, 2011 in: Local InitiativesJust as in the fashion world, a Pennsylvania co-op is discovering that what’s old is new again. For nine years, Richard Bauer, general manager of Somerset REC, Somerset, appeared before... Read more
News Roundup for April 27
Published: April 27th, 2011 in: News RoundupThe Energy and Housing and Urban Development departments have announced lenders participating in a new two-year pilot program offering qualified borrowers low-cost loans to make energy-saving... Read more
Shippers Ask Feds for Rail Changes
Published: April 27th, 2011 in: STBA national coalition of shippers, including electric co-ops, wants federal regulators to change a system of freight rail oversight that it says provides more protection for foreign imports than... Read more
Solar Success on Earth Day
Published: April 27th, 2011 in: Consumer OutreachWhat better way to celebrate Earth Day than showing off a successful solar story? That’s what Delta-Montrose Electric Association did April 22 during an open house at its headquarters... Read more