United Power links with Xcel as Tri-State files with FERC
BRIGHTON and WESTMINSTER — The contentious two-year divorce between Westminster-based nonprofit wholesale power supplier Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc. and its largest member, Brighton-based electric cooperative United Power Inc., picked up steam this week.
On Tuesday, Tri-State filed an unexecuted version of a membership withdrawal agreement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which would break a contract that would have extended until 2050. On Thursday, United Power announced a partnership with investor-owned utility Xcel Energy (Nasdaq: XEL) in which Xcel will provide United Power and its members with excess low-carbon, renewable electricity.
United Power, preparing for an exit from its wholesale…
THIS ARTICLE IS FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
Continue reading for less than $3 per week!
Get a month of award-winning local business news, trends and insights
Access award-winning content today!
Related Posts
-
Xcel Energy Colorado has requested approval from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to reduce customer…
-
JBS USA and GreenGasUSA have partnered to produce renewable natural gas at multiple JBS beef…
-
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc., a not-for-profit wholesale power supplier, and electric cooperative United…
-
Woodward Inc. has signed an agreement to sell its heavy-duty gas turbines combustion parts business.
