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How Rural Communities Can Benefit from the Energy Transition

November 3, 2022 admin distributed energy, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, energy security, Energy Storage, full coverage, hybrid power, inflation reduction act, irã, microgrid, news, power, power podcasts, Renewables, rural electric cooperatives, rural power, Solar, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:57:22 +0000

Economic development can be a challenge for leaders in rural communities. Often, it’s hard to attract businesses to rural areas because the local workforce may not have the skills or numbers required to meet companies’ needs. But opportunities that haven’t been widely available in the past exist today for rural communities due to the energy […]

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Volunteer State (Finally) Discovers Solar Power — With A Regenerative Twist

April 4, 2022 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaics, clean power, Energy, Facebook, Georgia, meta, regenerative farming, renewable energy, rural electric cooperatives, shell, silicon ranch, Solar energy, tennessee valley authority, tennnessee, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:20:54 +0000

A new 70-megawatt solar power and regenerative agriculture project could help propel Tennessee into the renewable energy big leagues.

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Cable TV group slams govt failure to resolve rural electric cooperatives’ high pole rentals

November 13, 2019 admin cable tv, fictap, latest stories, rural electric cooperatives, Today's Breaking News

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 10:10:10 +0000

A group of cable TV and internet operators has accused the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and National Electrification Administration (NEA) of alleged insincerity in resolving the issue of high pole rentals imposed by rural electric cooperatives. Federation of International Cable TV and Telecommunications Associations of the Philippines (Fictap) National Chairman Estrellita Juliano-Tamano […]

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A New Deal For Electric Co-ops: How Members Can Exercise Ownership To Strengthen Democracy

November 11, 2019 admin clean power, institute for local self reliance, john farrell, podcast, rural electric cooperatives, rural electric coops

Credit to Author: John Farrell| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:05:05 +0000

While most Americans get their electricity from a private company, about 1 in 8 Americans actually own their utility as a member-owner of a rural electric cooperative. For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Liz Veazey, Network Director of We Own It, and Chris Woolery, Residential Energy Coordinator at the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development

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Community Solar Benefits Cooperatives and Customers

September 16, 2019 admin Business, community solar, distributed energy, distributed power, iiot, iiot power, landis+gyr, news, Renewables, rooftop solar, rural electric cooperatives, Solar, Solar power, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 19:24:02 +0000

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For some utilities, community solar is a way to offer consumers access to clean energy without requiring investment in rooftop solar. For others, it presents a means of strategically placing solar resources in the most beneficial locations. Meanwhile, many utilities view it as an opportunity to learn how best to integrate distributed energy resources (DERs). […]

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Renewable Energy At Risk In Rural Electric Cooperative Tax Snafu

September 6, 2019 admin clean power, federal tax code, national rural electric cooperative association, recs, rural electric cooperatives

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:51:12 +0000

Oopsies! Provision in 2017 tax law could zing red states by stalling renewable energy projects and broadband improvements for rural electric cooperatives.

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How Co-ops Transformed the Solar Landscape in Just Five Years

July 19, 2018 admin Business, co-ops, finance, nreca, Renewables, rural electric cooperatives, Solar, sunda

Electric cooperatives in the U.S. have vastly accelerated solar power installments. Today, they own or purchase more than nine times as much solar photovoltaic (PV) power as they did in 2013, a new report says. The report, “A Solar Revolution in Rural America,” was prepared by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), a […]

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