Plans to leave Tri-State G&T on May 1, but exit fee still uncertain
United Power
Firmer but still sort of pudgy numbers for Tri-State members eyeing the door
FERC issued documents that seem to provide Tri-State G&T members a clear idea about the cost of exiting. As always, there are asterisks aplenty.
United Power adds 34 megawatts of battery storage to its future
Cooperative puts together storages, natural gas and other pieces for when it leaves Tri-State on Jan. 1
What to make of La Plata Electric’s claim that Tri-State G&T has been ‘sneaky & underhanded?’
Why should someone in Buena Vista or Morgan County care about this dispute? Because it’s is very fundamentally about innovations in rural Colorado.
News from Colorado’s electrical cooperatives
CORE gets something less than half a loaf for Comanche 3, and the latest from United and Tri-State
United Power pushes ahead on battery storage
Colorado’s second largest cooperative 313.34 megawatt-hours of storage at six locations across its service territory
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?
Getting Holy Cross-wise over net metering
Lots of issues here: social equity, closing in on 100% renewables — and whether rates adopted by Colorado’s forward-looking utility would break state law. Will that law be changed?
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 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?
