Wind Today - Q4 2008 - (Page 24) Stats Rural Electric Cooperatives (Co-ops) with Wind Power on Their Systems they serve. Authority (LCRA), Austin, TX, secures Electric cooperatives acquire the 106 MW of wind power through PPAs. wind power they supply to their According to AWEA, the Lower customers through either power Colorado River Authority actually has purchase agreements (PPA) with wind PPA commitments for 116 MW of wind farm owners, by generating wind power, but resells 10 MW to Austin power themselves at wind farms they Energy, a public power utility located own, or through a combination of the in Austin, TX. two. Some utilities electric cooperatives are private, also reserve independent electric utilities owned by some of the the members they serve. wind power they own for a subscriber base for their green power • Minnkota Power Cooperative, programs. Grand Forks, ND, owns and uses 1.8 MW of wind power and purchases 99 MW for a total of 100.8 MW of wind Rest of T op T en After Great River Energy and Last power available to their customers in ural Cooperativ atives Mile Electric, here are the rest of the top eastern North Dakota and northwestern Rural Electric Cooperatives According to the National Rural ten rural cooperatives: Minnesota. Electric Cooperative Association • Basin Electric, Bismarck, ND, owns (NRECA), Arlington, VA, electric 5.2 MW and purchases 131.7 MW for a Power Purchase Purchase cooperatives are private, independent total of 136.9 MW. greements Agreements electric utilities owned by the members • The Lower Colorado River The co-ops with wind power on their systems that are ranked in spots number T T Rural Electric Co-ops with Wind Power on Their Systems op en six through 10 all secure wind power for their customers under long-term contract. PPA For Customers Wabash Valley Electric Cooperative Owned & Used for Customers • Western Farmers’ Electric CoopDairyland Power erative (WFEC), Anadarko, OK Corn Belt, Iowa reported 74.3 MW of wind power. • Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. Associated Electric Cooperative (AECI), Springfield, MO, has 56.7 MW Western Farmers’ Electric Cooperative available to customers in Missouri, Minnkota Power Cooperative northeast Oklahoma, and southeast Iowa. Lower Colorado River Authority • Corn Belt, Humboldt, IA, has 32 MW. Basin Electric • Dairyland Power, LaCrosse, WI, Last Mile Electric Cooperative has 18 MW. Great River Energy • Wabash Valley Electric Cooperative, Indianapolis, IN, reports 8.4 MW of wind power available to their customers in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan Source: AWEA and Missouri. The top two rural electric cooperative utility systems in the United States, according to AWEA’s 2008 Annual Ranking Report, have different approaches to securing power for their customers. Great River Energy, Maple Grove, MN, the top rural co-op system, supplies all of its 218 megawatts (MW) of wind power via power purchase agreements (PPA). On the other hand, No. 2-ranked Last Mile Electric Cooperative, Olympia, WA, generates all of its 204.7 MW of wind power at its own wind farms. 50 100 150 200 250 200 150 24 100 250 50 0 WIND TODA Y Fourth Quarter 2008
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