After decades of casual conversations, two Idaho coops are now seriously discussing a merger which if successful could save members over $38m over a ten-year… Read More »Idaho Electric Coops Explore Potential Merger
What happens when a utility cooperative’s largest customer goes belly up? Industrial and commercial customers can be the largest accounts for utility cooperatives, such as… Read More »Utility bonds can help utility cooperatives avoid losses
CFC Solutions Newsletter (Monday, 21 March 2016) The latest short-term outlook from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) pegs natural gas to produce 33.4 percent… Read More »CFC Solutions: Natural Gas-Fired Power to Top Coal in 2016
In 1988, the Tennessee Legislature changed state law to give rural electric cooperatives a temporary, four-year city and county property tax exemption on their investments in… Read More »Unnoticed tax exemption creates surprise break for co-ops but confusion for lawmakers in
Last May, the Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Cooperative (MTEMC) and the City of Murfreesboro signed a memo of understanding (MOU) for MTEMC to acquire the… Read More »Tennessee Coop Seeks to Acquire Second Municipal System
The following article was published in the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) Solutions NewsBulletin, December 14, 2015, Vol. 17, No. 45, and is… Read More »Big Sky State Cooperative Now a 100 Percent CFC Borrower
It took over ten years, but the dispute over coal transportation costs between Berkshire Hathaway-owned BNSF Railway and the regional utilities associated with the Laramie… Read More »Electric Utility Win Against Unjust Railway Rates Could Benefit Other Industries
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… Read More »Renewable Portfolio Standards gaining steam across the U.S. but what does that mean for a federal program?
By Richard R Oswald Once upon a time, telegraphs and kerosene lamps were state of the art. Telephones and 110-volt wall outlets were the next… Read More »The Cooperative Model Offers the Perfect Vehicle for Rural Broadband
In May of this year, Midwest Energy Cooperative, serving southern Michigan, adopted a resolution to become member-regulated, in accordance with Public Act 167 of 2008,… Read More »Michigan electric cooperative latest move in continuing shift to member regulation
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