Sentences with phrase «rural electric cooperatives»

Most rural electric cooperatives in Nevada are watching the Energy Choice Initiative from afar.

In December, the New York Power Authority approved $ 2 million in funding to help municipal and rural electric cooperative systems in New York State purchase electric - drive vehicles for use in their municipal fleets.

Ohio utility companies — FirstEnergy, American Electric Power, Duke Energy, NiSource, AES subsidiary Dayton Power & Light, and the Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives (OREC)-- were directly solicited for input on Seitz's clean energy freeze bill, SB 58, a placeholder bill that preceded Sen. Seitz's study committee.

In the Southeast, where we have hundreds of rural electric cooperatives, this represents a new opportunity to reduce customer bills, reduce energy waste and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.

Rural electric cooperative members in Alabama are unknowingly contributing to political candidates» campaigns through their monthly utility bills, according to a new analysis from the Energy and Policy Institute.

Stacy has also been involved with industry groups like the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association and the American Coal Council.

The the GES described itself as «a vehicle for advocacy on climate change, the environmental impact of CO2, and fossil fuel use» and openly declared that the «bulk of our financial support comes from rural electric cooperatives, municipal electric utilities, and their fuel suppliers, including Western Fuels Association, Inc.» [30]

[18](A month earlier, in September, Sunflower Electric Power Cooperative proposal for the 700 MW Holcomb Unit 3 was cancelled after Colorado adopted a law requiring that rural electric cooperatives get 10 percent of their power from renewable resources.

This Ford Escape and utility co. bucket truck (pictured below) are two examples of electric - drive vehicles available to municipal and rural electric cooperative systems in New York State under the New York Power Authority's (NYPA) Municipal Electric Drive Program.

Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives is part of a massive consortium of smaller - scale electric co-ops called the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).

Among the changes, the Illinois Commerce Commission included language to ensure that projects within the boundaries of municipally - owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives in the state will be able to participate in programs under the plan.

Homestead Funds turned 25 in 2015, a milestone we celebrated with our shareholders, colleagues and many in the rural electric cooperative community who provided the vision and leadership necessary for our start.

A Washington Post article, May 14,2007, reports that the nation's rural electric cooperatives, which get 80 % of their electricity from coal, plan to spend $ 35 billion to build conventional coal plants over the next 10 years and do it with cheap government loans.

The changes specify that projects within the boundaries of municipally - owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives in the state, largely in Central and Southern Illinois, will be able to participate in programs under the Plan.

The USDA anticipates that, under the Rural Utilities Services department of the USDA, it will provide $ 250 million in federal loans to rural electric cooperatives and utilities who can then -LSB-...]

For decades, public power utilities and rural electric cooperatives have been meeting the needs of their members with responsible and affordable power, exceptional service, and a local focus on community initiatives.

She joined KFTC's staff in April 2009 as an organizer working to reform Kentucky's rural electric cooperatives and move them toward more energy efficiency and clean energy.

Rural electric cooperatives and city - run electrical utilities are exempt from a 2013 Minnesota law that requires for - profit utilities to generate 1.5 percent of their retail electricity sales in the state from solar by 2021.

NYPA is a state - owned and - operated public power organization and sells electric power to government agencies, community - owned electric systems and rural electric cooperatives, companies, and private utilities for resale to their customers and neighboring states.

Rural electric cooperatives have a number of lucrative funding opportunities through the USDA, but utilities everywhere could potentially leverage federal funding as well.

Objections have been filed with FERC by the region's public and private utilities, rural electric cooperatives and offshore wind developers with ties to utilities and power market suppliers.

This new use of funding provides necessary capital for energy efficiency upgrades in homes and businesses, and rural electric cooperatives and utilities have the option of allowing their customers to repay their loans through on - bill financing.

With their nonprofit missions and small customer bases, many city - run electric utilities and rural electric cooperatives have emerged as laboratories for innovations in clean energy and energy efficiency.

The USDA anticipates that, under the Rural Utilities Services department of the USDA, it will provide $ 250 million in federal loans to rural electric cooperatives and utilities who can then re-lend the money to assist homeowners and businesses finance energy efficiency and renewable energy investments.

Tags: Climate Action Plan, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Loan Program, Help My House, on - bill financing, rural electric cooperatives, Rural Utility Services, South Carolina, USDA

Currently, the average Virginia resident can't pick up the phone and call their utility to buy electricity generated by wind and solar farms (unless they are members of some rural electric cooperatives — see below).

This includes investor - owned electric utilities that are subject to rate regulation, municipal utilities, federal and state power authorities, and rural electric cooperatives.