200 MW of solar going up in New Mexico at site of Tri-State’s Escalante Station. My oh my, how things have changed in just four years.
coal plants
Farmington, a town in need of a jolt
The sky is cleaner now that the coal plants have started closing, but how will that economic void be filled? That answer isn’t clear.
Comanche 3’s shaky reason to exist
Colorado’s youngest coal plant has been down again in 2022. Can it be counted on to deliver power when it’s really needed?
Pushback on Xcel’s coal plant closures
Xcel Energy wants to close the two coal-burning units at Hayden, Colo., in 2027 and 2028. Others itch for much sooner, citing economic and environmental gains.
Colorado aims for Just Transition
Colorado in 2019 adopted a law calling for a “just transition” for workers and communities impacted by the transition from coal. State officials heard testimony just before the dark curtain of covid fell, slowing but not stopping the planning.
RMI pats Tri-State on back, describes it as a model for other G&Ts
Rocky Mountain Instittue, the highly regarded think tank, credits Tri-State Generation & Transmission with plotting a a sharp pivot away from coal-based generation to a renewables future.
