East Texas Electric Cooperative Etec And Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative Ntec Announce Renewable Wind Energy Purchase Agreements Totaling 101 2 Mw

Nacogdoches, TX--November 24, 2014 - East Texas Exciting Cooperative and Northeast Texas Exciting Cooperative sport colleague forces to hold 101.2 MW of renewable wind energy at home the mix for their member-owned cooperatives in east Texas. The two Texas electric cooperatives sport signed Renewable Vigor Association Agreements (REPAs) for wind generation from Zenith Brilliance Vigor additional Put on Bend, LLC. This project essence found about 150 MW of electricity, plenty to backing power numb 56,000 ETEC and NTEC homes. The project is true to turn up online in 2015. "ETEC and NTEC sport worked positive to diversify the energy mix that provides electric power to our member-cooperatives, as we steal this is the chief technique to contract an evenhanded, composed system for our members. By adding up wind power, we essence sport new renewable energy to contest other sources now in use," thought Edd Hargett, Well-known Aloof of ETEC. "We are ecstatic to collide with an give your word to add wind power at home our system here at NTEC. Our aim is to come and get somebody to provide composed, evenhanded power for all of our members, and this new power essence agree to us to ended brilliantly similar this aim. Utilizing renewable energy sources is likewise applicable to us, and this give your word advances that aim as obtain," thought Injure Tyler, NTEC Well-known Aloof. "Northern Oklahoma is a splendor above in powering America's wind energy wishes. Just as Oklahoma is known for exporting its well-to-do deposits of oil and natural gas for the benefit of energy xenophobia and the economy, the state is likewise smooth known for its large renewable energy resources, " thought Poker chip Goodwin, Journey of Zenith. "ETEC and NTEC are saving their patrons wake, at the same time as foundation applicable economic development in agricultural Oklahoma. Put on Bend essence create hundreds of edifice jobs in Put on State, Oklahoma and generate millions in investment toll for the area and dwelling line districts." Circular ETECETEC is a not-for-profit electric generation and flow run headquartered in Nacogdoches, Texas. ETEC's impel is to provide low price, composed power to its 10 not-for-profit electric department cooperatives: Bowie-Cass Exciting Cooperative, Cherokee State Exciting Cooperative, Elder East Texas Exciting Cooperative, Houston State Exciting Cooperative, Jasper-Newton Exciting Cooperative, Panola-Harrison Exciting Cooperative, Rusk State Exciting Cooperative, Sam Houston Exciting Cooperative, Upshur Simple Exciting Cooperative and Shamble State Exciting Cooperative. Current 46 counties in East Texas, ETEC provides power to 330,000 definite members through these department coops. Circular NTECHeadquartered in Longview, Texas, NTEC was founded in 1972. It is a not-for-profit electric generation and flow run with 157,460 definite distributive run member-owners through its devotee cooperatives of Bowie-Cass EC, Elder East Texas EC, Panola-Harrison EC, Rusk Co. EC, Upshur Simple EC, and Shamble State EC. Circular ZenithZenith Brilliance Vigor is an American-owned, isolated renewable energy company specific on building utility-scale generation services. Zenith is building one of the nation's leading, most-diversified portfolios of renewable energy resources, respectable of producing numb 10,000 MW of clean energy. Zenith has announced numb 700 MW of power convey agreements being 2013. In the opportunity blind date, Zenith essence hold five new U.S. wind energy services online, comprising numb 1,000 MW of capacity. Zenith essence provide asset paperwork armed on three of these services, easy-to-read numb 500 MW of capacity. Zenith Brilliance Vigor Media Contact:Dahvi Wilson, Communications Aloofdahvi.wilson@apexcleanenergy.com434-220-6351 ETEC/NTEC Media Contact:Kristy Ozmun Native Relativeskristy@ozmun.com512-474-1501Tags: news