Durango electric utility considers alternative supplies

DURANGO — The electric utility serving the Durango area could save money by buying electricity from alternative sources, but the utility is uncertain what it would cost to leave its current source.

La Plata Electric Association buys at least 95 percent of its power from Tri-State Generation and Transmission, which generates most of its power from coal-fired generation plants. The LPEA would like renewable alternatives because of declining prices in that arena, according to a report in the Durango Herald.

The LPEA board has yet to determine what it wants to do, but…