Tri-State accelerates clean energy transition with new coal plant shutdown dates 

WESTMINSTER — Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association will retire two coal-fired power plants earlier than planned and bring renewable sources online more quickly, according to an announcement from the company.

The plans to ramp up the conversion to renewable sources comes as a result of increased federal funding, the organization said.

The power cooperative’s 2023 Electric Resource Plan, filed with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, includes as its preferred plan an Inflation Reduction Act scenario that would be enabled by funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Empowering Rural America program. 

“Our ambitious plan, with federal funding, can accelerate clean energy investment and…