New Power Supply Contract a Triple Win in New Mexico
Posted on Apr 24, 2014 in Rates, Reliability | Comments Off on New Power Supply Contract a Triple Win in New Mexico
Under a new eight-year power supply contract, the city of Gallup, New Mexico, will purchase power from Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, which in turn will purchase power from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State). The resale arrangement makes everyone a winner. Gallup is positioned to receive competitively priced power while offsetting costs for...
Tri-State Signs Largest Wind PPA To Date
Posted on Feb 6, 2014 in Environmental, Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Tri-State Signs Largest Wind PPA To Date
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State) has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with a NextEra Energy Resources subsidiary for the output and environmental attributes of the Carousel Wind Farm, a 150-MW wind farm facility to be constructed in eastern Colorado. This facility will be Tri-State’s largest wind energy PPA to date. To learn more about this...
Tri-State Works to Fund and Promote Carbon X Prize
Posted on Jan 24, 2014 in Climate Change, Technology | Comments Off on Tri-State Works to Fund and Promote Carbon X Prize
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State) has been working to develop a $10 million X prize for technology that can economically capture carbon from power plants. Similar to the Ansari X Prize which promoted the first manned space flight by the private sector, the Tri-State Carbon X Prize would give private sector teams the opportunity to compete by testing the...
New Mexico Coops Face Additional Claims in Wildfire Suit
Posted on Nov 5, 2013 in Litigation, Permitting, Reliability | Comments Off on New Mexico Coops Face Additional Claims in Wildfire Suit
As last reported by the Sutherland Coop Team on September 19, 2012, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative (JMEC) and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association are among the entities facing claims that a 2011 wildfire caused millions of dollars in damages. Claimants argue that the fire started because a power line was downed by a tree that JMEC should have cleared. To learn...
Colorado Wind Farm Expanded
Posted on Oct 3, 2013 in Project Development, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Colorado Wind Farm Expanded
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State) recently completed a 24-MW expansion to the Colorado Highlands Wind Farm. The expanded facility saw a 36% increase in generation,which, when combined with Tri-State’s other renewable resources, amounts to an estimated 18% of the energy produced by Tri-State for its member coops. The Denver Business Journal has...
Colorado’s New Renewable Energy Law Under Review
Posted on Jul 11, 2013 in Legislative & Politics, Rates, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Colorado’s New Renewable Energy Law Under Review
A committee organized to review Colorado’s new renewable energy law will consider whether the law is feasible and how costs associated with compliance may be recovered. The law requires that 20 percent of a utility’s power supply come from renewables by 2020 with no more than a 2 percent rate increase to pay for the associated costs. At the committee’s first meeting, Tri-State...
Coops Continue to Monitor Wildfires
Posted on Jun 19, 2013 in Environmental, Reliability | Comments Off on Coops Continue to Monitor Wildfires
Cooperatives in the mountain west region of the United States, including Mountain View Electric Association and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, continue to monitor the Black Forest fire in Colorado and several other blazes in Colorado and in New Mexico. The cooperatives are concerned about fire season but have not experienced any significant damage to their...
Four Coops to Receive RUS Loans
Posted on May 6, 2013 in Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Project Development | Comments Off on Four Coops to Receive RUS Loans
Colorado-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State), Georgia-based Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation, Texas-based Rio Grande Electric Cooperative and Ohio-based Logan County Cooperative Power & Light Association will receive more than $126 million in loans from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for infrastructure upgrades, including $20...
USDA to Provide More Rural Electric Project Funding
Posted on Apr 30, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Technology | Comments Off on USDA to Provide More Rural Electric Project Funding
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing funding for four rural electric projects in eight states to enhance reliable, affordable electricity for rural residents. These projects, which will employ smart grid technology, are the latest in approximately 650 rural electric utility projects funded since 2009. Specifically the USDA is providing more than $126 million in...
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