EPRI Announces Board of Directors Changes
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PALO ALTO, Calif., April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) today announced changes to its Board of Directors that will take effect April 14.
Stanley W. (Stan) Connally, Jr., Southern Company s Executive Vice President of Operations and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of its Southern Company Services (SCS) subsidiary, will succeed Edison International President and CEO Pedro J. Pizarro as Chairman of EPRI s Board. EPRI s effectiveness in leveraging collaboration and technical expertise to solve the energy industry s challenges is unparalleled. This is an important period for our industry and for EPRI as we continue to decarbonize and also work to ensure the reliability, resilience and affordability of our service, said Connally. I look forward to continuing this important work as EPRI and its members harness research and developm
April 5, 2021 By Waterways Journal
East Kentucky Power Cooperative, based in Winchester, Ky., bought 50,000 short tons of Central Appalachia barged coal from River Trading Company for delivery in 2021, according to Platt’s. The EKPC also increased deliveries on its contracts with foresight Energy by 48,000 short tons.
The cooperative told the Kentucky Public Service Commission it bought the coal for deliveries through December 31. The deliveries, which started on February 17, will come from the Job No. 5 surface mine in Johnson County, Ky., and they will be shipped to the Spurlock Station’s Gilbert Unit No. 3 and Unit No. 4 near Charleston Bottoms, Ky. All shipments will be loaded in Ingram Barge Company barges at the River Point Terminal on the Kanawha River.
River Trading Co. signs barge coal supply deal with East Kentucky Power Co-Op
East Kentucky Power Cooperative, or EKPC, bought 50,000 st of Central Appalachia barge coal from River Trading Co. for deliveries in 2021, while increasing deliveries on two of its contracts with Foresight Energy by a combined 48,000 st, according to a state regulatory filing.
The Winchester, Kentucky-based cooperative told the Kentucky Public Service Commission it bought 50,000 st of 11,500 Btu/lb CAPP coal from the broker for deliveries through Dec. 31, 2021.
The coal deliveries, which started on Feb. 17, will come from the Job No. 5 surface mine in Johnson County, Kentucky, and shipped to the Spurlock Station’s Gilbert Unit No. 3 and Unit No. 4 near Charleston Bottoms, Kentucky.
A Legacy of the New Deal, Electric Cooperatives Struggle to Democratize and Make a Green Transition
FDR program to electrify rural America is now beset by expensive coal plants and often-hidebound governing boards, as members clamor for transparency and renewables.
President Roosevelt delivers a speech at the dedication of the U.S. Rural Electrification Project. Credit: Getty Images
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What began three years ago as a campaign to stop the spraying of weedkiller under power lines near homes in the Appalachian mountains of northeast Tennessee, has become an example of a more democratic process at electric cooperatives across the country.
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The golden hue of the sunset shines across the sky and through the window as a woman drives down Van Meter Road in central Kentucky’s Clark County, passing by green rolling hills and hay bales.
In her social media video from early September, Adreanna Wills points out white signs in yards along the way, displaying the phrase “Industrial Solar” with a slash through the words.
“Imagine these signs being ‘for sale’ signs in front of these properties instead of the signs demonstrating where they stand on this, because that s probably what we re looking at for some of these families,” said Wills, who runs the county animal shelter.