Energy Info

On April 2, the House and Senate Energy Committees heard an interesting presentation on the global solar market by Ethan Zindler, Head of Policy Analysis for Bloomberg New Energy Finance.  He said the cost of solar installation has been decreasing because so much has been going on.  It doesn’t necessarily mean the reductions will continue.  You can hear the recording of the meeting if you go to the House Energy Committee’s site,

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I attended the Annual Meeting of the Dakota Electric Association on Thursday,  April 4.   The reports of the DEA officials showed that Dakota Electric is in a good position and doing well overall.  Margaret Schreiner, DEA Board Member is now chair of  Great River Energy’s Transmission Committee.  Great River Energy provides generation and transmission services to the DEA.  Larry Schmid, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer for  Great River Energy gave an interesting presentation on that organization and it also seems to be doing quite well.  This iis good news for Dakota Electric members.