United Power again sues Tri-State in state court after CPUC dismisses complaints

BRIGHTON and WESTMINSTER — United Power Inc. has filed a second lawsuit against power wholesaler Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc. over the latter’s inclusion of non-electric utility members, marking the latest salvo in a bitter divorce proceedings.

In the complaint filed Monday in Adams County District Court, the Brighton-based United claims Tri-State’s admission of a natural-gas broker, a ranch and a greenhouse to the wholesaler’s group of electric cooperatives across Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Nebraska were meant to stifle efforts from want-away members that have demanded Tri-State give them quotes to buy out their contracts.