Ontonagon County Board of Directors Approves $3 million System Expansion
The Ontonagon County Rural Electrification Association (OCREA) Board of Directors recently approved plans for a series of upgrades to the cooperative’s electrical distribution system. Wolverine Power Cooperative is assisting OCREA with the project, which involves the design and construction of a new substation, and associated distribution facilities. The project’s primary purpose is to provide increased [...]
Utility Software Will Test for Cybersecurity Compliance
MultiSpeak®, a software standard used by utilities worldwide, has announced it is ready to test software applications for compliance with cybersecurity requirements. MultiSpeak is the first utility software standard to include cybersecurity as part of compliance testing. The program was developed and is maintained by a collaboration of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) [...]
Midwest Energy Receives NISC Award
Midwest Energy was honored at last week's Member Information Conference in St. Louis with a Service Excellence Award for working with NISC to introduce a new bill print earlier this year. “Our bills are a primary line of communication to our members, so the project goal was to improve the member experience by providing an [...]
MSU: Solar Energy That Doesn’t Block the View
MSU researchers are working on a transparent luminescent solar concentrator that can be used on buildings, cell phones and other devices with clear surfaces. The solar harvesting system uses small organic modules developed by Prof. Richard Lunt to absorb specific wavelengths of sunlight. The infrared light is guided to the edge of the plastic, where [...]
Prepaid Metering Pilot Launches To Great Lakes Members
“Looking out for you” recently took on more meaning with the option of prepaid metering now being offered to qualified Great Lakes Energy members. The program—researched and discussed for over a year, then piloted by a team of volunteer employees—opened to members June 30. It provides another option for those who may otherwise have their power disconnected [...]
Join Your Colleagues At U.P. Energy Summit
American Transmission Company, the Upper Peninsula Power Company, and Wisconsin Public Service will host a “2014 U.P. Energy Summit” on Oct. 28. A variety of topics, of great importance to both the state and U.P., will be covered. Presentations and guest speakers include: Valerie Brader, legal counsel/senior policy advisor to Gov. Rick Snyder John Quackenbush, [...]