Tri-State Generation has won praise from environmental groups for an aggressive plan to build clean, renewable energy, and Friday the co-op won the financing to do it: $2.5 billion in federal loans…
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3 Colorado utilities are getting $1.1B from the feds to accelerate the move to renewable energy
Two Colorado electric cooperatives and the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association are in line for about $1.1 billion in grants and loans to speed the transition to renewable energy and soften the…
After years of dings, coal-fired powerhouse Tri-State now noted for switch to solar, wind
After years of harsh critiques from environmental groups and departing co-op members over its slow pace of change, Tri-State Generation is now winning praise for plugging in and planning a host of…
Tri-State set to pay $70M in aid to Moffat County, city of Craig to offset impact of closing power plant, coal mines
Moffat County and the city of Craig are in line for $70 million in aid from the utility shuttering the local power plant and the coal mines that supply it, under a…
Facing power plant and coal mine closures, Moffat County wants $118 million in help from the company that owns them
Faced with a “near-existential threat” as a coal-fired power plant and the mines that feed it close, Moffat County and the City of Craig, backed by state officials, want Colorado utility regulators…
Colorado’s two largest energy co-ops break from Xcel, Tri-State aiming for more local control and lower costs
The sources of electrons flowing into about 290,000 suburban and rural homes and businesses on the Front Range are about to change. And while refrigerators will still hum and lights shine, it…
Agencies downgrade Tri-State bonds, adding to rural power cooperative’s ongoing pressures
The financial pressures on Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a wholesale power provider to rural electric cooperatives, continue to pile up as bond rating agencies have downgraded their bonds and four members…
Tri-State and United Power closer than ever to breakup agreement after 4 years of fighting
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and its largest member, United Power, are closer to agreeing on a fee for the co-op to exit the association, but are still battling even after federal…
Battle over United Power’s quest to leave Tri-State ends with a federal regulator’s exit formula
Federal regulators have ended a four-year battle by Brighton-based United Power to leave the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association by setting the formula to calculate an exit fee. United Power is the…