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Cass
County Electric's first off-peak customer turns 30
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West
Acres Shopping Center sparked a construction boom on the rural
southwestern edge of Fargo, N.D., when it opened in 1972 and became
Cass County Electric Cooperative's first customer to adopt an
innovative strategy for containing heating costs.
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Colorado
utility offers locally produced green power |
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Members
of Holy Cross Energy in Colorado can now buy their green power
"fresh" from local producers in the nearby Roaring Fork
Valley.
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Renewable
energy powers White Mountain's dream of freedom from grid
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High
in the mountains above the Owens Valley, near Bishop, Calif.,
the White Mountain Research Station is laying the groundwork for
an experiment that may turn the facility into a "renewable
energy Mecca."
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Green
tags help purchase wind power for Schriever Air Force Base
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When
Schriever Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colo., became
Mountain View Electric Association's biggest wind power customer,
the electric cooperative and its wholesale power supplier—Tri-State
Generation and Transmission—used green tags to meet the
demand.
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Planning
is key to making small wind projects pay off
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The
smallest business owner is often the most innovative, so it is
no surprise that homeowners, small farmers and other entrepreneurs
are making money while the wind blows, by building their own wind
turbines.
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New
Mexico wind project generates green power and jobs
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Public
Service Company of New Mexico and FPL Energy recently inked an
agreement that will make House, N.M., home of the third largest
wind farm in the United States.
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Wind
turbines teach schools lessons in economics, environment
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School children used to think about flying kites when the wind
kicked up, but with wind turbines becoming a familiar site in
more and more school yards, blustery days may now remind kids
that their classrooms are running on clean, renewable energy.
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Power Line
approval advances wind development
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The
Minnesota Public Utility Commission recently granted a certificate
of need to Xcel Energy, to construct new Power Lines from Buffalo
Ridge, Minn., to metropolitan St. Paul-Minneapolis, and in the
process gave a big boost to wind development.
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Equipment
loan program adds value to customer visits
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When
Nebraska Municipal Power Pool Key Accounts Representative Jim
Keeler offered customers a free infrared camera audit on their
facilities, they jumped at the chance.
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Topics
from the Power Line
Few cities
have energy efficiency regulations on existing buildings
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Finding
information on legal ordinances regulating energy efficiency of
existing buildings is challenging. Our Power Line staff researched
several state and local government efforts.
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Energy
shorts |
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- Public power tops green program rankings
- Los Angeles plans wind farm
- Wind power added in Europe
- Southern California wins water sale
- SMUD to reap more wind power
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Equipment
Loan Program news |
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Western's
Equipment Loan Program provides customers with technical equipment
and training at little or no cost. The equipment helps customers
with energy efficiency and allows them to "test drive"
new technologies before investing in expensive equipment.
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