MN Cooperative Seeks Up to 120 MW of Community Based Energy Development (C-BED)

Date: 4 Nov 2005 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Great River Energy (GRE), a Minnesota-based generation and transmission electric cooperative, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a total of 120 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy resources. At least 20 MW and up to 120 MW may come from Community-Based Energy Development (C-BED) proposals if the cost of the C-BED projects are not more than 10 percent above the cost of non C-BED projects.

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Local Costume Shops Battle Temporary Halloween Superstores

Date: 28 Oct 2005 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The vast multitudes of empty big-box stores, darkened malls, and vacant strip shopping centers that now litter the American landscape are being commandeered by a growing number of temporary Halloween superstores. "We call them 30-day wonders," said Debbie Lyn Owens, who owns a costume shop in Sunnyvale, California, and heads the National Costumers Association (NCA), which represents 600 locally owned costume stores. … Read More

Mayors Endorse Expansion of Distributed Generation Technologies

Date: 18 Oct 2005 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

A policy resolution was passed at the recent U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting supporting and encouraging the use of distributed generation as a way to supply cities and their citizens with more resilient, reliable and affordable energy supplies.

Full Text of the Resolution:

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND DECENTRALIZED ENERGY CREATION/DISTRIBUTION

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Increased Municipal Utility Formation the Goal of Legislation in Massachusetts

Date: 10 Oct 2005 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In an effort to clarify and strengthen state law, lawmakers in Massachusetts have introduced legislation to enhance the ability of communities to acquire electric distribution equipment from investor-owned utilities in order to form municipally-owned electric companies.

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