News Roundup for June 1
Published: May 31st, 2011 in: News RoundupThe California Independent System Operator’s 2010-2011 transmission plan demonstrates that infrastructure approved to date is adequate to carry thousands of new megawatts to meet the state’s... Read more
FERC: Market Ready for Summer
Published: May 31st, 2011 in: Trends, Reports & AnalysesAll regions of the United States have adequate electric capacity reserves to meet demand forecasts “essentially unchanged” from last summer, according to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission... Read more
Missouri River Rising in Midwest
Published: May 31st, 2011 in: PreparednessHistoric winter snowfalls and heavy spring rains are combining to send record amounts of water down the Missouri River. That has co-ops and their consumer-members in parts of the Upper Midwest... Read more
News Roundup for May 31
Published: May 31st, 2011 in: News RoundupEnergy Secretary Steven Chu recently welcomed nearly 1,000 of America’s top energy researchers to Washington, D.C., for the inaugural Science for the Nation’s Energy Future: The Energy... Read more
The Big Blue Energy Box
Published: May 30th, 2011 in: R & DDriving down the road in McKee, Ky., you’ll likely come across a large blue device that looks like it belongs on a flatbed rail car. But its location off the side of the road is no... Read more
Church Cleanup Yields Historic Photo
Published: May 30th, 2011 in: Co-op NewsYou know how it goes when you clean out the attic—stuff turns up that you haven’t seen since who-knows-when. Something like that recently happened at a South Florida church, which led to a... Read more
Feds Buying Electric Cars
Published: May 27th, 2011 in: Electric VehiclesThree announcements this week could give a big push to electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The federal government said it will buy 101 Chevrolet Volt PHEVs to add to its fleet, along with... Read more
News Roundup for May 27
Published: May 27th, 2011 in: News RoundupEmployees at two Nissan facilities in Tennessee will soon be able to charge their all-electric Leafs using solar power. The automaker is installing 30 solar-assisted charging stations at its... Read more
Co-op Volunteers Building Homes
Published: May 27th, 2011 in: Local InitiativesConstruction is underway on the first two Habitat for Humanity houses in a Florida community receiving a major infusion of help from the local electric co-op. “We had 57 ladies from our... Read more
A Clash of Clean Energies
Published: May 26th, 2011 in: Energy & EnvironmentCo-ops and consumer-owned utilities are praising the Bonneville Power Administration’s decision to limit wind and non-hydropower generation when the Northwest grid is loaded with... Read more