How might Tri-State use $970 million?
Tri-State lobbied hard to help G&Ts such as itself get a piece of the IRA pie. Might it use that money to close its coal-burning unit in Arizona?
The latest from Tri-State and its coops
Tri-State G&T asked FERC to cancel the proposed formula for deciding what it will cost member coops to move to partial requirements. Why—and what comes next?
United Power and Guzman cut a deal
Denver-based wholesaler to deliver a third of power for Colorado’s second-largest electricity cooperative. Where will the rest come from?
A pause —and now a sharp rise for Tr-State rates
Wholesale provider’s last rate hike was in 2017. Rates actually declined in 2021. They will rise again in 2024.
United Power’s plan for after Tri-State G&T
Colorado’s second largest electrical cooperative has contracted with The Energy Authority to manage electrical supplies beginning in 2024
Tri-State’s latest credit slip
Wall Street sees clouded uncertainty for Colorado’s second largest electrical utility, but a bright future for another Colorado cooperative.
Tri-State and the big bad wolf
Member cooperatives are tempted to hop the fence to graze on greener renewable energy. Chief executive Duane Highley warns his flock about a big, bad wolf called resource adequacy. Can he keep them in his fold?
At United Power, talk of hyper-localization
CEO of electric cooperative dismisses “doom and gloom.” But he does outline a future after Tri-State that will be more complex.
Federal help for Tri-State’s stranded assets?
Wholesaler has coal-burning units in Colorado, Wyoming. and Arizona —and mounds of debt. How much can the Inflation Reduction Act help?
Buckets of federal funds for electric coops
Inflation Reduction Act delivers nearly $10 billion for allocation to rural electric cooperative and power providers
Can a coal plant be repurposed?
Congress appropriates $200,000 for study of potential future uses of Craig Station. Plus, can Colorado utilities get pieces of the federal climate funds?
Staggering sums in United Power-Tri-State G&T case
Jurors are to hear arguments in July about whether Tri-State violated Colorado law in adding three new members. United Power claims gigantic financial losses.
