New chairman takes reins of PRPA board

FORT COLLINS — The Platte River Power Authority Board of Directors has selected Estes Park mayor Todd Alyn Jirsa to be the organization’s 11th chairman. He replaces the board’s longest-serving chairman.

“Mayor Jirsa has been an engaged and committed leader on our board,” Jason Frisbie, general manager and CEO of Platte River, said in a press release. “He brings years of successful business and public service experience to us and will be an outstanding chairman of our organization.”

Jirsa was selected by fellow Platte River board members during the Sept. 27 board meeting to replace outgoing chairman Tom Roiniotis, who retired from the board and his position as general manager of Longmont Power & Communications. Roiniotis served as Platte River’s chairman for 19 years.

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“I’m honored to have been chosen to lead the Platte River board of directors, and humbled to follow Tom and his distinguished career,” Jirsa said. “The way we make and deliver electricity to our customers has never been more important, and I look forward to collaborating with community leaders to deliver what our residents and businesses want and need.”

Jirsa became a member of Platte River’s board upon being elected mayor of Estes Park in 2016. He brings more than 40 years of business and public service experience to Platte River, and has served in leadership roles in education and philanthropy.

Platte River Power Authority is a not-for-profit wholesale electricity generation and transmission provider that is owned by Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland.