Colorado
In Colorado, a coal-heavy co-op offers a climate plan — and suspicions rise
Tri-State says it’s pursuing FERC regulation in an attempt to avoid overlapping state regulation, but the proposal is generating concerns.
energy storage
Midwest co-ops test value of placing batteries in customers’ homes
The rural electric cooperatives are testing how the storage technology can help customers and their systems.
Virginia
Virginia lawmakers clear path for electric co-ops to expand solar
The legislation lifts a net metering cap for cooperatives and allows their customers to install larger solar projects.
Tri-State Generation and Transmission
What’s at stake in high-profile exit charge case before Colorado utility regulators
The fee is at the center of a dispute between Delta-Montrose and Tri-State, the electric cooperative’s wholesale provider.
batteries
Colorado’s biggest battery a ‘gamble’ co-op decided it needed to make
United Power’s project has stoked tensions with its power wholesaler, which capped members’ storage capacity.