- January 20, 2017The following article is reprinted from CFC Solutions News Bulletin (17 January 2018, Volume 19, Number 2). With more electric…
- January 11, 2017In 2011, Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative (EMEC) entered into a contract with First Wind Holdings, LLC and four of its…
- December 27, 2016Bioenergy is energy derived from biofuels, produced directly or indirectly from organic material called biomass. It is the single largest…
- September 2, 2016In October 2015, a New Mexico jury found Tri-State Generation and Transmission partly responsible for the largest wildfire in the…
- July 29, 2016Most Americans have multiple high-speed wireless choices when it comes to Internet access but many residents living in the less-populated,…
- July 17, 2016In June 2011, a devastating wildfire swept through New Mexico’s Santa Fe National Forest, blackening over 156,000 acres, destroying 63…
- May 25, 2016Iowa coop Raccoon Valley Electric has plans to go carbon-free, and its first step is to purchase enough Renewable Energy…
- May 19, 2016After decades of casual conversations, two Idaho coops are now seriously discussing a merger which if successful could save members…
- April 12, 2016What happens when a utility cooperative’s largest customer goes belly up? Industrial and commercial customers can be the largest accounts…
- March 24, 2016CFC Solutions Newsletter (Monday, 21 March 2016) The latest short-term outlook from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) pegs natural…
- February 4, 2016In 1988, the Tennessee Legislature changed state law to give rural electric cooperatives a temporary, four-year city and county property…
- January 26, 2016Last May, the Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Cooperative (MTEMC) and the City of Murfreesboro signed a memo of understanding (MOU)…
- December 21, 2015The following article was published in the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation (CFC) Solutions NewsBulletin, December 14, 2015, Vol.…
- November 11, 2015It took over ten years, but the dispute over coal transportation costs between Berkshire Hathaway-owned BNSF Railway and the regional…
- October 15, 2015A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is a regulation that requires the increased production of energy from renewable energy sources, such…
- August 25, 2015In May of this year, Midwest Energy Cooperative, serving southern Michigan, adopted a resolution to become member-regulated, in accordance with…
- July 9, 2015Socorro, a New Mexico city of 72,000 about 75 miles south of Albuquerque, is seeking to pass several ordinances concerning…
- November 9, 2013Electric Cooperative Partners with Lumber Company for Biomass Plant This blog post was provided by Flathead Electric Co-op. Implementation of…
- October 28, 2013This guest post was obtained from CFC's Solutions News Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 40 (Oct. 28, 2013). Co-ops Receive $3.6 Million…
- October 11, 2013FEMA Disaster Relief Withheld from Electric Cooperatives Electric cooperatives in Iowa were surprised by FEMA's rejection of disaster aid, according…
- October 3, 2013Like public utilities, municipalities and other political subdivisions that provide electricity to customers must procure wholesale power. A recent IRS…
- July 29, 2013The Federal Highway Administration issued an interpretation of 23 U.S.C. Section 313(g) to apply the Buy America Requirement to utility…
- July 6, 2013A federal appellate court recently addressed a distribution cooperative’s lawsuit against a G&T cooperative with which it had a power…
- February 11, 2013This guest post is from CFC's February 11, 2013 CFC Solutions Newsletter (Vol. 15, No. 6). FROM THE CFO'S DESK…
