Tri-State Generation completes Kit Carson wind farm

WESTMINSTER – Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
announced the completion of the Kit Carson Windpower Project, a
51-megawatt wind farm located in Kit Carson County in east-central
Colorado.

Tri-State is purchasing the electrical output of the facility through a
20-year agreement with Duke Energy Corp. Tri-State is the wholesale
power supplier to 44 electric cooperatives and public power districts in
Nebraska, New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado, including Fort
Collins-based Poudre Valley REA.

“The Kit Carson Windpower Project is another component in the continuing
diversification of Tri-State’s resource portfolio to meet the power
requirements of our 44 member distribution cooperatives,´ said Ken
Anderson, Tri-State’s executive vice president and general manager.
“This project serves as a good example of our ability to harness one of
the abundant renewable energy resources that exist in our member system
service territory.”

The wind farm consists of 34 1.5-megawatt General Electric turbines on a
6,000-acre site northwest of Burlington.

“I congratulate both Tri-State and Duke Energy on the completion of
their first wind project in Colorado,´ said Gov. Bill Ritter. “Their
investment will provide long-term jobs and economic benefits in eastern
Colorado and continue to drive our state’s New Energy Economy forward
for years to come.” 

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