Urge Tri-State to invest in 100% Renewable Energy in their updated Electric Resource Plan!
Express Your Support for Renewable Energy Sources in our Region: Tell Tri-State You Support Renewables in their Electric Resource Plan
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Tri-State, our energy coop in San Miguel County, is currently in the process of updating their Electric Resource Plan, a document that lays out their roadmap for providing electricity in the coming years. It outlines new resources that will be needed to satisfy customer demand for power, aging generating capacity that will be retired, plans for meeting state climate pollution reduction goals, and needed transmission upgrades to deliver the electricity it generates, among other resources.
While there are many positive aspects of the plan, including 1,250 megawatts of new renewables and battery storage to be procured through 2031, energy efficiency investments, money for Just Transition investments, and retirement of two coal powered plants, there is one dark spot: a placeholder for building or acquiring up to 290 megawatts of new gas-fired power.
We need YOUR voice to tell Tri-State you support pursuing a 100% clean energy generating portfolio, and that you do NOT support building or acquiring any new fossil gas generating capacity in the 2023 ERP.
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Member Demands for Tri-State
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Invest in local renewable energy generation that will stimulate local economic development in Colorado’s co-op communities, instead of importing expensive coal electricity from out of state.
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Transition more quickly to low-cost clean energy that will help to lower rates and provide more affordable electricity to rural Colorado.
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Make plans for a Just and Equitable Transition off of coal in Colorado, providing community support for Craig around the retirement of all three units at the plant no later than 2030; make plans for providing transition assistance for communities in Arizona and Wyoming that will be affected the closures, respectively, of the Springerville and Laramie River Station power plants.
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Avoid new gas plants that will be more expensive to customers in the long run than clean energy and storage
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A transparent decision-making process that puts ratepayers, impacted communities, and impacted workers at the forefront of the conversation.