WHICH RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE WORKS BEST IN OUR AREA?
As an educational resource for our owner-members, Fall River Electric installed identically rated 2.4kW grid-tied alternative energy units at Fall River’s office in Ashton, Idaho. See in “real time” the electrical power that each system is producing over the past several days. Historically, solar is by-far the greater generator of power in our service area.
Click on the Adjacent map to see that Fall River Electric Cooperative rates, including
the Access Fee, are tied with Arkansas & Louisiana to be the second-lowest rates
in the United States behind Washington State.
This is due to our power mix, which is driven by hydroelectric power at 84%,
nuclear at 10% & wind at 1%, which results in Fall River Electric's power
at 95% carbon-free!