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2008 news releasesElectric co-ops partner with universities to research carbon capture technology for power plantsMissouri’s electric cooperatives and two of the state’s top universities are leading the way to find solutions that may help address global climate change concerns facing the nation. Associated Electric Cooperative and Central Electric Power Cooperative are sponsoring research to be conducted by Lincoln University of Missouri and the Missouri University of Science and Technology that will use flue gas from power plants to grow algae to reduce carbon dioxide gas emissions. ... Read full story Released: 04 September 2008 Power plant to temporarily lower Thomas Hill LakeAssociated Electric Cooperative will be gradually lowering the level of Thomas Hill Lake this month to allow for repairs to a discharge outlet damaged by high lake levels this summer. ...Read full story Released: 03 September 2008 Rain keeps Thomas Hill Lake at record levelsRecent rains have brought the water in Thomas Hill Lake to its highest levels in 25 years, reports staff at Thomas Hill Energy Center. Thomas Hill Lake is currently 718.5 feet above mean sea level and still rising. As designed, water is spilling over the emergency spillway at 717 feet above mean sea level. The Thomas Hill dam is in good shape and is functioning according to design. ... Read full story Released: 28 July 2008 Rain raises Thomas Hill LakeThe staff at Thomas Hill Energy Center reports that rain has brought the water in Thomas Hill Lake to the highest level in 25 years. ...Read full story Released: 26 June 2008 AECI annual meeting brings costs and challenges of climate change to reality for rural electric cooperative membersNearly 800 rural electric cooperative members from Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma attended the 46th annual meeting of Springfield, Mo.-based Associated Electric Cooperative... Read full story Released: 9 June 2008 Associated Electric Cooperative dedicates Dell Power PlantAssociated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI), the wholesale power supplier for six regional and 51 local electric cooperatives, is celebrating the completion of the Dell Power Plant... Read full story Released: 20 May 2008 Bill Machetta retires from AECI's Thomas Hill Energy CenterBill Machetta, former equipment operator at Thomas Hill Energy Center, has retired after 24 years with Associated Electric Cooperative... Read full story Released: 9 May 2008 Rick Gunnels retires from AECI's New Madrid Power PlantRicky Gunnels, former mechanical maintenance planner at Associated Electric Cooperative’s (AECI) New Madrid Power Plant, has retired after nearly 30 years with the cooperative. ... Read full story Released: 9 May 2008 Dennie Gaines retires from AECI's Thomas Hill Energy CenterDennie Gaines, former electrical maintenance supervisor at Thomas Hill Energy Center, has retired after 36 years with Associated Electric Cooperative... Read full story Released: 9 May 2008 Walter Flickinger retires after 27 years at Thomas Hill Energy CenterWalter Flickinger, former journeyman electrician/HVAC at Thomas Hill Energy Center, has retired after 27 years with Associated Electric Cooperative... Read full story Released: 9 May 2008 Chestnut seeds to be planted at AECI's former Prairie Hill Mine on Earth DayAssociated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) will recognize Earth Day, April 22, by participating in a federal project to restore chestnut trees in the Midwest. ... Read full story Released: 18 April 2008 AECI employees mark decades of service with co-opSpringfield-based Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) recently highlighted employees’ achievements and contributions to the cooperative’s success during its annual employee recognition event in April. Among those recognized were AECI employees celebrating service anniversaries. ... Read full story Released: 18 April 2008 AECI employees at New Madrid Power Plant mark decades of service with co-opAssociated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) recently highlighted employees’ achievements and contributions to the cooperative’s success during its annual employee recognition event in April at New Madrid Power Plant. Among those recognized were AECI employees celebrating service anniversaries. ... Read full story Released: 18 April 2008 AECI employees at Thomas Hill Energy Center mark decades of service with co-opAssociated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) recently highlighted employees’ achievements and contributions to the cooperative’s success during its annual employee recognition event in April. Among those recognized were AECI employees at Thomas Hill Energy Center celebrating service anniversaries. ... Read full story Released: 18 April 2008 Danny Hayes recognized as Safety Person of the Year at Thomas Hill Energy CenterAssociated Electric Cooperative Inc. recently recognized Danny Hayes, electrical maintenance supervisor at Thomas Hill Energy Center, as the 2007 Safety Person of the Year at the power plant located north of Moberly. ... Read full story Released: 11 April 2008 AECI honors Jeff Swilley as Safety Person of the Year at New Madrid Power PlantAssociated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) has recognized Jeff Swilley, assistant control room operator, as the Safety Person of the Year for 2007 at New Madrid Power Plant. Swilley was honored April 10 at the cooperative’s annual Excel Employee Recognition event. ... Read full story Released: 11 April 2008 AECI honors five Springfield employees with Excel awardsAssociated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) presented Stacey Bramell, David Hellard, Wayne Oliver, Randall Stewart and Dan Upp of AECI’s headquarters in Springfield with Excel Awards at its 15th annual employee recognition ceremony April 10. The recipients of the Excel awards are nominated by their peers for excelling in their work with the cooperative. ... Read full story Released: 11 April 2008 AECI honors four New Madrid Power Plant employees with Excel awardsAssociated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) presented four employees at its New Madrid Power Plant with Excel awards during its 15th annual recognition awards ceremony April 10 at the plant. Receiving awards were Marchelle Robey, Cynthia Stone, Scott Harvey and Pearl Wheeler. ... Read full story Released: 10 April 2008 AECI honors 19 employees at Thomas Hill Energy Center with Excel awardsAssociated Electric Cooperative Inc. (AECI) recognized 27 employees with Excel awards at the wholesale power supplier’s 15th annual recognition awards ceremony April 10. Nineteen of those employees work at the cooperative’s Thomas Hill Energy Center. ... Read full story Released: 10 April 2008 Electric co-ops debut new energy efficiency programsLooking to slow rising electricity demand among rural electric cooperative members, Associated Electric Cooperative (AECI) is kicking off a new energy efficiency program “Take Control & Save.” ... Read full story Released: 7 March 2008 AECI suspends plans to build Norborne power plantAssociated Electric Cooperative Inc., the wholesale power supplier for 57 electric cooperatives in Missouri, southeast Iowa and northeast Oklahoma, is delaying indefinitely its plans to build a 660-megawatt coal plant near Norborne, Mo., due to increasing costs... Read full story Released: 3 March 2008 Electric co-op leader recognized for visionary leadershipSpringfield resident and former rural electric cooperative leader Neil Adams was recognized Feb. 13 at the Missouri Institute of Cooperatives (MIC) Hall of Fame banquet... Read full story Released: 27 February 2008 Thomas Hill Energy Center sets safety recordAssociated Electric Cooperative’s (AECI) Thomas Hill Energy Center, near Moberly, Mo., set a record low for workplace injuries in 2007. ... Read full story Released: 31 January 2008 New Madrid Power Plant sets safety recordAssociated Electric Cooperative’s (AECI) New Madrid Power Plant, near New Madrid, Mo., set a record low for workplace injuries in 2007. ... Read full story Released: 31 January 2008 |
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