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Renewing Colorado: How Green Energy is Working There
In six years, Colorado has diversified its electricity mix and built a thriving renewable energy industry while maintaining stable electricity bills. We have seen the cost of renewable energy credits for large photovoltaic solar projects decline by 75 percent, and wind in Colorado is now a least-cost energy resource. Continue reading
Kansas Energy and the Bremby Decision: Four Years Later
Efforts continue to obscure the facts, derail the rule of law, and deny the public interest in order to benefit the coal plant project and its special interest allies, but Mr. Bremby’s decision four years ago remains as visionary and important an act of public service now as it was in October of 2007. Continue reading
Western Electricity Provider Buys Colorado Power Plant
Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association is buying a 272-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant in Colorado. Continue reading
Tri-State Spokesman:Coal Expansion Doesn’t Mean Company Looking to Expand Its Reach
“We’re not really moving forward with (Holcomb 2),” he said. “We haven’t made any further commitment toward it. We are monitoring that. But we have made no commitment and we’re not moving forward on that as of today, nor do we have any immediate plans to.” Continue reading
Members Urge Association to Drop Holcomb 2
Request: Stop Spending on Kansas Coal-Burning Power Plant Staff Report for The Lamar Ledger At a public meeting held Monday, Aug. 29th at Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association headquarters, rural electric co-op members urged the electricity supplier to stop spending … Continue reading
Debate Rages Over Colorado’s Second Largest Power Provider Investing in Kansas Coal Plant
Tri-State’s resource plan shows no need for that plant of that size during the entire 20-year period of their plan. At the same time, they are pouring money into Holcomb 2, which they will own if it gets built. It’s the business plan that seems to be the guiding document for what they’re going to do, and they won’t let us see that. Continue reading
Tri-State Discusses Updates to its Resource Plan
Tri-State hasn’t given up plans for Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to build a coal-fired plant outside Holcomb. Kansas officials have granted a permit for the plant, but environmental groups are challenging that decision in court. Tri-State doesn’t expect a resolution until at least 2013. The update to be filed Nov. 30 will reflect lower natural-gas prices and higher coal prices than Tri-State forecast last year. Continue reading
Tri-State Won’t Rule Out Coal-fired Plant, Despite Activist Objections
“We don’t understand why you’re keeping (the coal plant) as an option,” said Bruce Driver, a consultant with Western Resource Advocates, a Boulder-based environmental-research group. “Your own modeling shows no need for Holcomb.” Environmentalists and renewable-energy advocates say the utility easily could meet its demand need and much more with a combination of renewables, energy-efficiency programs and natural-gas-fired plants. Continue reading
Tri-State’s Coal Plant in Kansas: Fact from Fiction
As the saying goes, we are all entitled to our own opinions, but not our own facts. We strongly believe the real importance lies in not confusing the two. Many supporters of the proposed Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State)/ … Continue reading
Sunflower’s Permit Should be Denied
Bob Somer, special to The Kansas City Star By now it should be clear to anyone who has followed the five-year saga of Sunflower Electric’s efforts to build a second coal-fired utility plant in Holcomb, Kan., that the public has … Continue reading
