Colorado electrical coops lead nation in federal grants
An outsized impact expected form $1.1 billion to spur clean energy transition by Tri-State, United Power and CORE
Microgrids and electric cul-de-sacs
Aspen and Springfield are two very different Colorado towns but alike in their electrical vulnerabilities. Will microgrids help?
Women and other changes in water
Women in water? Younger people with voices? Doug Kemper has seen those and other changes during his 40 years in Colorado water
Transforming homes one heat pump at a time
Money is available, but does Colorado have the necessary workforce?
Water and Colorado’s energy transition
Will there be a water bonus as we close coal plants? In the short term, yes. It’s harder to say in the long term. Here’s why.
Maybe a national first for battery storage?
Mark Gabriel has eight big batteries distributed across the United Service territory – and he’d like to have even more
And what if Donald Trump was elected?
Would a return to the White House by Trump slow Colorado’s clean energy train?
Wall Street smiles on Tri-State after financial frowns
S&P Global Rating raises outlook for generation and transmission association to ‘stable’
A second pumped-storage idea in Yampa Valley
This newer proposal would use the subterranean of the Twentymile coal mine for lower reservoir
United Power adding a gas plant to its generating mix
Electrical cooperative expects to tap new plant less than 15% of the time
A green light for Tri-State (and a yellow)
FERC says yes to partial-requirements option but rate increase is provisional
Nuclear cheerleading is fine – but what about the cost?
True, nuclear can deliver high-paying jobs, good tax base, and emissions-free energy. Rarely do proponents mention risks.
