Colorado’s Electric Cooperatives Support Opportunities for Youth
For more than three decades, the electric cooperatives of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming have conducted a fun weeklong experience known as Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp. Every July, selected high school students travel to Clark, Colorado (north of Steamboat Springs), after being chosen by their local cooperatives as participants. This year’s Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp […]
Colorado’s Electric Co-ops Send Volunteer Crews to Light Up Navajo Nation
In June and July, seven Colorado electric co-op line crews traveled to parts of Arizona to help electrify homes on Navajo Nation. More than 13,000 families living on Navajo Nation do not have basic access to electricity at home. An initiative between the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority and the American Public Power Association, Light Up […]
USDA announces funding for Solar-Storage projects
Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Representative Yadira Caraveo (CO-8), and Colorado Agriculture Commissioner Kate Greenberg held a press conference June 17 in Fort Collins to discuss efforts to create additional income opportunities for producers and entrepreneurs by building more, new, and better markets; providing more options for consumers to buy healthy, locally produced […]
