Tag Archives: Tri-State
Tell USDA/RUS to Stop the Sunflower Electric Coal Plant Bail Out
Our allies at Sierra Club and Earthjustice have created easy opportunities to take action and ask USDA/RUS to comply with federal law and protect the interests of taxpayers against the dishonest tactics of the pro-coal special interests. Continue reading
Tri-State G&T Moving on From Coal?
Right now, coal-fired power plants provide 70 percent of the company’s generation. Going nuclear could blunt some of the criticism about coal’s high carbon emissions, while likely opening up an entirely new battleground. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s board of directors voted recently to have its staff study nuclear as a possibility for the site in Prowers County near Holly. Board chairman Harold Thompson said the utility is dealing with rising energy costs and a tighter regulatory environment as it prepares for the future. Continue reading
GPACE Comments and Questions To Tri-State Generation & Transmission
Tri-State is the large, Colorado-based utility that will own almost all of the proposed Sunflower Electric Holcomb coal plant, and the electricity produced by it. In response to an RFP for baseload power by Tri-State Sunflower abandoned its already-permitted Sand Sage project. As of December 2009, Tri-State had provided direct payments to Sunflower of over $51 million. Continue reading →