Three more Tri-State utilities enter partial membership plans with power wholesaler

WESTMINSTER — Three additional utilities have reached self-service agreements and are pursuing  partial memberships with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. The three local utilities will join three other utilities in exploring self-service options.

Mountain Parks Electric in Granby; High Plains Power in Riverton, Wyoming’ and Jemez Mountain Electric Cooperative in Espanola, New Mexico, are seeking plans to source power from sources other than Tri-State, their current wholesaler.

The three utilities that previously received this option were Fort Collins’ Poudre Valley Rural Electrical Association, Durango’s La Plata Electric Association and Nucla’s San Miguel Power Association. All three utilities made the move to a…