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Offshore Wind Transmission - Options and Opportunities

Challenging Tradeoffs

Backbone transmission and expandable transmission designs have the potential to lower costs, but they present significant coordination challenges with generation development.

Byline:

Seth Parker and Alex Mattfolk

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A Different Grid Perspective

Like a River

We must stop viewing the grid as a means of transporting electricity from point “A” to point “B.”

Byline:

Charles Bayless

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Arizona Solar Plus Storage

Landmark Project

An interview with Barbara Lockwood, Arizona Public Service VP – Regulation

Byline:

PUF’s Pat McMurray, with Barbara Lockwood

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Cooperative Power Leaders: David Swank

CEO, Central Electric Co-op

Central strives to be “the next generation utility” with its Innovation Pointe campus.

Byline:

Steve Mitnick, with David Swank

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Cooperative Power Leaders: Bill Reffert, Pat Howle, Kevin Jordan

ERMCO and Horry Electric Co-op

Interviews with Bill Reffert, CEO, ERMCO; Pat Howle, CEO, and Kevin Jordan, Engineer, Horry Electric Co-op.

Byline:

Steve Mitnick, with Bill Reffert, Pat Howle, Kevin Jordan

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Cooperative Power Leaders: Tim Lindahl

CEO, Wheat Belt Public Power District

“We became a summer-peaking system, and mountain communities not too far away were winter-peaking systems. We formed Tri-State to really manage that.”

Byline:

Steve Mitnick, with Tim Lindahl

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Cooperative Power Leaders: CEOs Mark Schwirtz and Zac Perkins

Golden Spread Elec. & Tri-County Elec.

“If you want electricity to come from cow manure, or from wind resources, let’s look for ways to do that, because that’s what our job is.”

Byline:

Steve Mitnick, with Mark Schwirtz and Zac Perkins

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Cooperative Power Leaders: Joe Brannan

CEO, North Carolina Electric Membership Corp.

“The cooperative business model offers the greatest flexibility to not only be nimble, but also to put control in the hands of members who have a voice and a vote.”

Byline:

Steve Mitnick, with Joe Brannan

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