EPRI Ties Efficiency, Savings
As politicians ponder how to ensure a stable supply of electricity for the next two decades, an industry research group is highlighting investments in energy efficiency as a key part of the puzzle. The...
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A Colorado-based G&T is looking for ways to potentially trim its use of fossil fuels by harnessing the sun. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Westminster, is participating in a...
View ArticleResearch Key to Cut Carbon, Meet Need
The United States can potentially meet higher electricity demand projections while reducing electricity-sector carbon dioxide emissions and limiting cost increases if it develops and deploys new...
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Cooperation Key for Electric Cars
A leading automaker and a top electric industry research group agree that for electric cars to succeed, manufacturers and utilities must work together. Ford expects to be selling its all-electric...
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Co-op Manages Power for Savings
CLEVELAND—Electric utilities can slightly reduce the voltage flowing through their substations and still maintain the quality of power distributed to their consumers. Substations play critical roles in...
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TVA Surveys Electric Car Owners
Electric cooperatives are among the utilities counting on electric car owners to plug in overnight. But a new survey finds a lot of folks aren’t onboard with that idea. A new survey finds that most TVA...
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EPRI: Rivers Can Fill Energy Demand
There’s liquid gold in the nation’s thousands of miles of rivers, a new study found. The Mississippi River could be a source of abundant hydropower, according to a new EPRI report.(Photo By:...
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Co-ops Pan Federal Climate Plan
Electric cooperatives called on the Obama administration to withdraw its proposed regulation of greenhouse gases from new power plants, calling the planned approach unworkable and technologically...
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Could Your Co-op Use a Drone?
A drone hunting down terrorists is commonplace, but could those unmanned aircraft be useful to electric cooperatives? A new school of thought says yes. Aibotix says utilities will find many ways to use...
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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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