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October 26, 2021                                    National Renewables Cooperative Organization welcomes new Class A member  Central Electric Power Cooperative becomes 23rd Cooperative Member of NRCO Carmel, IN – Membership in the National Renewable Cooperative Organization (NRCO) has grown to 23 following the addition of Columbia, South Carolina-based Central Electric Power Cooperative (CEPCI). CEPCI has a growing portfolio of…

New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) has announced the completion of its first utility scale energy storage project.  The 2.45MW standalone battery project was developed in partnership with Engie North America (ENGIE), a leading provider of energy storage services. NHEC and NRCO began developing the project in 2018 and assisted NHEC with analysis of the economic…

Price Electric Cooperative has completed a solar project at its headquarters in Phillips Wisconsin.  The sites consists of a 100kWac fixed tilt bifacial solar array.  The solar array was developed using NRCO’s sCOOP program, which includes Price Electric as the Cooperative participating in the program, and RECORE LLC as the Tax Equity Investor (TEI). NRCO…

NRCO, on behalf of ODEC, issued a 400MW solar RFP on April 27th, 2021.  ODEC is requesting solar projects to be submitted for review by May 27th, 2021. Project submittals should be sited in VA, MD, DE. For additional details about the RFP, please visit ODEC’s Press Release For questions about the RFP, please contact…

East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) has issued a Request for Proposal seeking 50MWac Solar Photovoltaic (PV) power, and 10MW of Wind power via Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). EKPC is facilitating the RFP on behalf of their member Inter-County Energy Cooperative, where 100% of the renewable energy will supply Diageo’s largest carbon-neutral distillery in North America.…

Big River Electric Corporation (BREC) and two developers, Community Energy and Geronimo, have executed power purchase agreements (PPA) to build a portfolio of solar assets totaling up to 260MW in western Kentucky. Community Energy will provide Big Rivers with up to 100MWs of energy located in Meade and McCracken Counties, and will be commercially available…

Sunflower Electric Power Corporation (SEPC) and Lightsource BP have announced that Johnson Corner Solar Project entered commercial operation as of April 7th, 2020, and was constructed by Lightsource BP. Johnson Corner Solar Project is the result of NRCO and SEPC collaborating together to fully develop a shovel ready project. NRCO helped SEPC select the optimal…

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp (AECC) and Southern Power have completed construction of the 100MW Wildhorse Mountain Wind Facility in Pushmatcha County, Oklahoma. Wildhorse Mountain consists of 29 wind turbines manufactured by Vestas. The project was originated through NRCO’s annual RFI Process, and NRCO advised AECC during PPA negotiations. A full press release can be found…

Franklin Rural Electric Cooperative has completed solar projects at three locations in its service territory. Each site consists of a 149kW solar array, totaling about 450kW Franklin’s CEO, Becky Bradburn, said Franklin “could easily save $15,000 – $20,000 in the first year alone” and will be a great benefit to Franklin’s member-customers. NRCO helped Franklin…

Brazos Electric Cooperative’s and 7X Energy’s, the originating developer, Lapetus Energy Project has finished construction of a 130MWac solar project located in Andrews County, Texas. The Lapetus Energy Project’s will deliver fixed blocks of energy and be a Hub delivered product for Brazos Electric and its participating distribution members of 94MWs. NRCO originated the project…