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Virginia co-op board challengers aim to nudge utilities forward on clean energy

By Elizabeth McGowan

Clean energy advocates are challenging incumbents in two utility co-op board elections this summer.

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How an outside mediator helped broker Virginia’s new solar legislation

By Elizabeth McGowan

“Nobody got everything they wanted, but it advanced the cause of rooftop solar and net metering,” an advocate said.

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Virginia lawmakers clear path for electric co-ops to expand solar

By Elizabeth McGowan

The legislation lifts a net metering cap for cooperatives and allows their customers to install larger solar projects.

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Virginia’s rural co-ops learning lessons with community solar

By Elizabeth McGowan

As solar prices become competitive with fossil fuels, member-owned electric cooperatives are beginning to embrace renewables.

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Q&A: How North Carolina co-ops help drive the energy future

By Rhiannon Fionn

While much of North Carolina’s energy focus is on Duke Energy, advancements made by the state’s 26 electric cooperatives, should not be overlooked. Co-op officials say their organizational structure allows them to be nimble, enabling them to incorporate new technology more quickly than large investor-owned utilities, technology that gives consumers added control while helping them to become more energy efficient. And, what they’re learning from a couple of microgrid pilot programs will guide their future renewable energy investments. To learn more about North Carolina’s co-ops – which serve roughly a quarter of the state’s population, Southeast Energy News asked Nelle P. Hotchkiss, Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations at North Carolina’s Association of Electric Cooperatives, to participate in a Q&A. Southeast Energy News: What prompted the creation of electric co-ops in North Carolina?

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Will Blackjewel leave Eastern Kentuckians to clean up its abandoned coal mines?

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Ohio attorney general asks judge to block FirstEnergy surcharge in nuclear bailout scandal

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Massachusetts governor vetoes climate bill, citing housing concerns

Source: WBUR

Will 2021 be the year for environmental justice legislation? States are already leading the way

Source: Inside Climate News

Amid production woes, U.S. coal deaths at historic low in 2020

Source: Associated Press

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Midwest Energy News

January 15 2021

Minnesota falls further behind on emission-reduction targets

EMISSIONS: • Minnesota is falling further behind on its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets largely because of increased natural gas usage and transportation emissions. (Star Tribune) • Transportation-related nitrogen dioxide emissions declined markedly in the St. Louis area over the past year during the pandemic, following trends in cities globally. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) POLITICS: Exelon […]

Southeast Energy News

January 15 2021

Coal bankruptcy could leave massive environmental mess for taxpayers and communities

COAL: Kentucky residents worry that bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel may abandon many of its unreclaimed surface mines, leaving a massive environmental mess for taxpayers and communities. (Lexington Herald-Leader) ALSO: A new report says the cost of reclaiming nearly half a million billion acres of mined land in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee may […]

Northeast Energy News

January 15 2021

Massachusetts Gov. Baker vetoes climate roadmap bill

CLIMATE: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker vetoes a comprehensive climate roadmap bill, saying its efficiency requirements would have burdened the housing sector and that the bill lacked tools for localities to address environmental justice issues. (Masslive.com) ALSO: • Maine and two private organizations are taking preliminary steps to include small woodlot owners to use their trees […]

Western Energy News

January 15 2021

Critics say Colorado’s new climate plan still too vague

CLIMATE: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis reveals a new plan to reduce greenhouse gas pollution with a goal of reaching 100% renewable energy by 2040, but critics say the roadmap is still not specific enough. (CBS Denver, Colorado Sun) ALSO: A new California program aiming to support Native American tribes’ clean energy efforts in the state […]

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Utilities reconsider campaign donations in wake of Capitol riot

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