As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, Notice 2020-41 extends the beginning-of-construction rule for renewable energy tax benefits under sections 45 and 48. Specifically, the notice extends the Continuity Safe Harbor for both the production tax credit for renewable energy …
Renewable Energy
N-2018-15: New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds
Notice 2018-15 provides that the IRS shall not process applications for, or issue allocations of, the remaining unused authority to issue new clean renewable energy bonds under § 54C of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) under Notice 2015-12, 2015-10 …
Reciprocating engines see new life from utilities, commercial installments
The versatile reciprocating engine is increasingly being selected to meet the challenges faced not only by commercial users but also by investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities and rural cooperatives. From one small engine to a bank of larger engines, these designs …
Op-ed: Should public utility commissions regulate cooperatives?
Dan Nemes of MN350 (an organization addressing the global climate crisis), offers this op-ed in the 6 February issue of Rochester, Minnesota’s Post-Bulletin, opposing the Minnesota Legislature’s recently proposed legislation that he believes will negatively impact the state’s renewable energy …
New CREBs Aid Kansas G&T’s Prairie Sky Solar Farm
This article is reprinted from CFC Solutions News Bulletin (23 January 2017).
The 19 member distribution cooperatives of Kansas Electric Power Cooperative (KEPCo), a generation and transmission cooperative (G&T) based in Topeka, Kansas, will receive more green power—thanks in part …
New England Coop Wins Breach of Contract over Failed Transmission Deal
In 2011, Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative (EMEC) entered into a contract with First Wind Holdings, LLC and four of its former subsidiaries (Evergreen Gen Lead, LLC; Evergreen Wind Power III, LLC; Stetson Holdings, LLC; and Stetson Wind, II LLC), for …
Georgia leads in the bio-energy revolution
Bioenergy is energy derived from biofuels, produced directly or indirectly from organic material called biomass. It is the single largest renewable energy source today, providing 10% of the world’s primary energy supply. Traditional unprocessed biomass such as fuelwood, charcoal and …
Plans for Georgia’s Wind Energy Make Slow Progress – But State Utilities Still Push Forward
Georgia’s 42 electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) provide power to nearly half the state’s 9.4 million residents and more than 70 percent of its land area. Despite the pressures of keeping up with escalating population growth (Georgia is the fifth fastest-growing …
Iowa coop announces plans to go carbon-free via REC purchases
Iowa coop Raccoon Valley Electric has plans to go carbon-free, and its first step is to purchase enough Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to fully offset its use of carbon-based fuels.
Renewable Energy Credits(RECs), also known as Green tags, Renewable Energy …
Renewable Portfolio Standards gaining steam across the U.S. but what does that mean for a federal program?
A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is a regulation that requires the increased production of energy from renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal. RPS-type mechanisms have been adopted in several countries, including Britain, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, …