Pueblo-based San Isabel Electric, a not-for-profit electric cooperative serving portions of southern Colorado, is rolling out generous EV rebates for its consumer-members. In addition to electric vehicle-related rebates of up to $5,000, SIEA offers a discounted rate to consumer-members who wish to charge their EV at home. Residents enrolled in the time-of-day rate can expect […]
For 12 years, Cortez-based Empire Electric Association has held a refrigerator/freezer recycling event for members to turn in up to two inefficient units to receive a $60 credit on their electric account. EEA pays the recycling costs at Montezuma County Landfill, Bob’s Place and the Dove Creek Transfer Station where certified recyclers remove the Freon […]
By Cathy Cash, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association It was the perfect setup: remote, rustic and with a real electric grid ripped by sabotage. The question for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association was how Essence, a tool it developed to monitor the grid, would facilitate a so-called “blackstart,” restoring power amid a ruined transmission […]
Renewable hydropower has been part of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s energy mix since its beginning more than 50 years ago. And, while the power supply co-op started with large hydropower from the Western Area Power Administration and its large dams in the western United States, today the power supply also includes smaller hydro projects […]
San Miguel Power in Ridgway recently took another step toward adding another solar project. The San Miguel County planning commission recently recommended the approval of a special use permit to allow the installation of a solar array that would provide electricity to San Miguel Power Association. The project, which has already been approved by Tri-State […]
Granby-based Mountain Parks Electric rebated $34,260 to its consumer-members who installed local renewable energy systems last year. MPE provides electricity to all of Grand and Jackson counties and parts of Larimer, Routt and Summit counties, which includes nearly 4,000 square miles. Any MPE member installing a new renewable energy system — solar, wind, hydro, biomass […]
Grand Valley Power recently announced that it has adopted one of the most aggressive environmental targets of any electric cooperative in the nation. The Grand Junction-based electric co-op set a goal to deliver a 60 percent clean energy mix to its consumer-members by 2030. Currently delivering electricity with a 30 percent renewable mix, Grand Valley […]
By Derrill Holly and Amy Higgins The true power of locally-owned electric cooperatives is the consumer-members living and working in the communities they serve, and when those co-ops are connected, their collective energy gives them statewide reach. That’s the role that the Colorado Rural Electric Association and other electric cooperative statewide associations play in supporting […]
Earlier this month, Meeker-based White River Electric Association opened a new solar farm. WREA Members will have opportunities to lease blocks of power from the Piceance Creek Solar Farm beginning in May 2019. The lease program will be similar to the solar leasing program at the Meeker Solar Garden which is adjacent to Meeker High […]
Over the last 10 years, Tri-State Generation and Transmission has added more than 475 megawatts of utility scale wind, solar and other renewable energy projects to its portfolio. This diverse generation mix will continue to increase with a new solar project. The 100-megawatt Spanish Peaks Solar Project is the fourth utility-scale solar project from the […]