Tag Archives: Tri-State Generation and Transmission
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
Bremby’s Firing Could Derail the Coal Plant
Sec. Bremby’s firing was a setback. Or was it? By changing the laws to suit their interests, then gaming the system to get their way, a group of elected officials in Kansas and their special interest allies may have opened the door to the very accountability they seek to avoid. Continue reading
Water Could be Issue With Western Kansas Coal Plant
Tri-State’s claim on the power remains a sore point for environmentalists. They say Sunflower’s planned water use creates an irony because a dispute over the Arkansas River between Kansas and Colorado ended last year, after 24 years of litigation, with Colorado letting more water flow into Kansas and paying $34 million in damages.
“We are essentially proposing to give them that water back”… Continue reading
Let’s Clear the Air
I can’t tell you how many times I have watched coal trains lumber across the Kansas Plains stretched out for miles like a monstrous strand of black licorice. I’ve sat in my car or rested on my bike watching and waiting for them to pass, but, sadly, not thinking. The time has come to do that. Without much thought I have watched those trains and never really pondered from where that coal comes and how much damage that coal is doing to the air and water of our wondrous state. Let’s clear the air. Continue reading
Kelly Jacobsen: Overland Park Public Hearing Testimony
The following comments were delivered by GPACE staffer Kelly Jacobsen at the Overland Park Public Hearing for Sunflower Electric’s Holcomb Station Expansion Project on Monday, August 2. Continue reading
Scott Allegrucci: Overland Park Public Hearing Testimony
The following comments were delivered by GPACE Executive Director Scott Allegrucci at the Overland Park Public Hearing for Sunflower Electric’s Holcomb Station Expansion Project on Monday, August 2. Continue reading
GPACE Director Scott Allegrucci & Sierra Club’s Stephanie Cole on Manhattan’s Community Bridge
Community Bridge opens this week with Stephanie Cole, Kansas Sierra Club, and Scott Allegrucci, Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy, in a discussion of the public hearing process for Sunflower Electric’s proposed 895-MW coal plant in Holcomb. Continue reading
Lawmaker Takes Aim at EPA Rules in Budget Amendment
TOPEKA — A measure tucked into the state budget could prevent Kansas from implementing Environmental Protection Agency rules on greenhouse gases. Continue reading
Public Resource Planning Process for Colorado Utility Impacts Kansas
GPACE will be presenting on Wednesday, May 19th at the Tri-State Generation and Transmission public resource planning meeting at Tri-State headquarters in Westminster, Colorado. Continue reading
