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Co-ops Get $1.8 Billion for Grid
Electric cooperatives are in line for more than $1.8 billion in loans to upgrade the grid in 25 states and one territory. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack The projects, which also include $45 million...
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Smart Meter Wins Co-op Support
Smart meter opt-out charges will continue for members of Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative who choose not to use the wireless device. That follows a vote that attracted 43 percent of the membership—the...
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Co-ops Move Toward Electric Grid of the Future
Looking at the future of the electric grid, NRECA’s chief scientist put it bluntly. Craig Miller, NRECA’s chief scientist, addressees attendees at a Cooperative Research Network event about the...
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Smart Advice on Smart Meters
A year before any member received a smart meter, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative began a detailed communications program. David Bissell discusses his electric cooperative’s smart meter experiences....
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Exploring the Feasibiity of Microgrids at Drilling Sites
In Oklahoma, a new academic-industry partnership involving electric cooperatives is pursuing the latest in energy research to lower costs for the state’s booming oil and gas developers. Electric co-ops...
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Co-ops Prepare to Push Smart Grid Forward
Electric cooperatives that got involved in Department of Energy smart grid demonstration projects in 2009 have learned a lot and are now preparing to advance the technology. And some co-op officials...
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Now Available: New Smart Grid Guides
Looking to add to your collection of materials on smart grid management at your electric cooperative? Consider these free resources that are now available. Smart grid management is a focus of three new...
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N.C. Co-op Uses WiMax to Boost System, Help Member
An electric cooperative in North Carolina and a classical music radio station have found perfect harmony in a smart grid partnership involving a wireless technology that’s improving service for...
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Co-ops Get $230 Million for Grid Investments
A Virginia electric cooperative will upgrade its system and help boost the local economy as part of the latest round of electric loan guarantees from the Rural Utilities Service. Electric co-ops in...
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Electric Cars Could Help the Grid
Your electric cooperative can already turn off a member’s air conditioning and hot water heater. The next step in load control could involve their electric car—and a system to do that is in the works....
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Oklahoma’s Energy Future Poses Challenges, Opportunities
The surge of distributed generation at Oklahoma oil and gas sites could overwhelm the electric grid, and utilities and other stakeholders need to join forces to ensure the technology doesn’t jeopardize...
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Report: Utilities Must Plan Electric Car Future
Given the relatively low number of electric cars on America’s roads today, charging them is unlikely to overwhelm any electric distribution system. There might not be too many electric cars such as the...
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NRECA to Field Test Energy Monitor
More data can be gleaned from electric meters than ever, and a new study could help electric cooperatives and their members use the information to manage residential energy use. An NRECA home energy...
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As REA Turns 80, Co-ops Get Loans
The Department of Agriculture is observing the 80th anniversary of rural electrification by awarding more than $100 million in loans to electric cooperatives to build or improve transmission and...
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