Kit Carson Electric Cooperative has achieved a big environmental milestone. Customers in their service area, around Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, will now have 100% of their daytime electric use provided by solar power. “When we partnered with Guzman Energy in 2016, we set an ambitious goal of becoming … [continued]
New activity in the rural electric cooperative sector indicates that “real” America wants more renewable energy, and is figuring out how to get it.
Originally published at ilsr.org. Rural communities formed rural electric cooperatives as a way to get energy where no one else would provide it. In the 21st century, some cooperatives have found an additional economic benefit in pursuing local renewable energy. In the cases of Farmers Electric Cooperative in Iowa and Kit Carson … [continued]
