Colorado Electric Educational Institute

CEEI is committed to empowering individuals with the knowledge and skills essential for navigating the dynamic and transformative field of electric cooperatives. Our mission is to cultivate a community of lifelong learners who understand the critical role that electric cooperatives play in powering communities and advancing shared values that benefit Colorado, the United States, and the world.

Through student programs, industry conferences, and philanthropic electrification projects, CEEI is a catalyst for positive change.

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Our Current Causes

CREA participates with NRECA International and other statewide electric associations to electrify rural villages in other countries.

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This year, eight Colorado electric co-ops will travel to Navajo Nation for the third year in a row. From these eight co-ops, 10 linecrews are schedule to participate in Light Up Navajo VII between May and the end of June.

Light Up Navajo is a mutual aid effort started by the American Public Power Association (APPA) and the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority – NTUA to bring electricity to Navajo families’ homes. The initiative is a prime example of the seventh cooperative principle — Concern for Community — in action.

More than 10,000 Navajo citizens live without any electricity at home. They do not have access to running water, modern heating and cooling, or refrigeration. Last year, Colorado co-op crews set power poles, strung power lines, and installed meters. Their work, alongside other utility crews who traveled from coast to coast, connected about 200 homes to the grid.

Thanks to donor support, every home a Colorado crew electrified last year received an essential appliance like a refrigerator or AC unit. This year, our goal is the same: to gift an electric household item to every home we connect to the grid.

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Youth programs have been a priority for electric co-ops over many years. CREA assists in both the Washington D.C. Youth Tour and the Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp, which are sponsored by Colorado’s electric co-ops each summer. CREA also facilitates programs and logistics for Colorado’s electric cooperatives to be able to support the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair, 4H and FFA programs across the state, state science fair awards, and other projects.

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