What has Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative done to control the cost of wholesale power for its members?
To deal with rising wholesale power more effectively, its important to work on it both from the demand (usage) side as well as the supply side. CCEC is doing both. In partnership with our members, through conservation programs, we have installed in excess of 2500 heat pumps in an effort to reduce use and utilize electricity more efficiently. On the generation side, CCEC participates in a very successful renewable electric generation project, Coffin Butte, and is investigating participation in a pilot wave power project off the Oregon coast near Reedsport, which would compliment the renewable hydropower generation we buy from the Bonneville Power Administration. We know more changes in the electric industry are ahead and to prepare for those, we recently began an Integrated Resource Planning effort that will to assess our load requirements for the future and explore options for providing affordable power to our members for decades to come.
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