The Iowa Economic Development Authority has announced that 20 Iowa cities, including eight Iowa municipal utility communities, will participate in the IEDA’s City Energy Management Program.
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John Norris has informed President Obama that he intends to resign his seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) effective August 20th. Norris, an Iowa native and former member of the Iowa Utility Board, was appointed to the post by Obama 2010. For more information, read APPA's Public Power Weekly. Other stories posted by Reuters and Radio Iowa
A Whiting, Iowa area farmer has installed solar arrays to provide power for the center pivot irrigation system on a 160-acre tract of land. And Dolf Ivener says he's considering using solar to power a similar irrigation system at another farm near Hornick next year. For more information, read the online story in the Omaha World-Herald.
In a public referendum held Tuesday, voters in Orange City approved the sale of the city's ownership interest in Orange City Communications.
Farmer's Electric Cooperative of Kalona unveiled their latest solar project last week, holding an open house for the 800 kW array on 4.5 acres of land near Kalona.
The popularity of a solar garden owned by Traer Municipal Utilities has seen the project expand earlier this summer. In June, Traer added another 20kW of DC generation to their community-owned solar array. Last fall, the first phase of the project consisting of 40kW was installed (click here for previous article in The Informer). To date, a total of 52 TMU customers have purchased a portion of the shared array.
 Electric utilities tend to be a fixed-cost industry and fluctuations in sales due to the economy or weather can often result in problems with cash flows, debt covenants or result in the utility not achieving its financial targets. This webinar will cover rates that promote financial stability and potential political, social and environmental issues, as well as rates that promote energy conservation and issues the utility should be aware of when considering conservation rates.
CLICK HERE to access more information about this webinar and to register.  Representatives of Iowa's municipal broadband utilities will once again gather for two days of educational workshop session and networking. The IAMU Broadband Conference will be held March 18 & 19, 2015 at the Ramada Tropics Resort and Conference Center in Des Moines. More information on the conference will be coming this fall, but mark your calendars now to attend!
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