Kit Carson and Tri-State Announce Split
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (Kit Carson) and Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association (Tri-State) jointly announced that they have reached an agreement that will sever ties between the two organizations and will terminate a wholesale electric service contract. Kit Carson has been a member of Tri-State since Tri-State merged with Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative in 2000. Details as to the sale of transmission and distribution assets, as well as to the operating agreements on jointly owned infrastructure, are being completed and the organizations hope to complete closing of the agreement soon.