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Tri-State announces closure of Craig Station Unit 3 in 2028

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association says rural electricity consumers across four western states will benefit from reliable power and lower costs, with clean energy investment and greenhouse gas emissions reductions accelerated by federal funding, in a long-term strategy announced this week. The not-for-profit wholesale power supply cooperative’s 2023 Electric Resource[Read More…]

December 6, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times 1 comment

Proposed solar farm generates surge of interest from public

MEEKER | “We’ve always believed that good land management meant resilience, and my father always preached the highest and best use,” said lifelong Meeker resident, high school teacher and landowner Kathleen Kelley in response to a recent surge of public interest about a proposed solar farm on her family property.[Read More…]

May 4, 2023 by Lucas Turner Comments are Disabled

Higher-than-average utility costs expected to continue

RBC | Experts are warning Colorado households utility bills currently making their way to mailboxes are likely to be even higher than the supersized bills people received for November’s energy use. Denise Stepto, chief communications officer for Energy Outreach Colorado, said as energy prices have remained stubbornly high, December brought[Read More…]

January 19, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

The ‘energy gap’ nobody wants to tussle with

Many Western states have declared they will achieve all-renewable electrical goals in just two decades. Call me naïve, but haven’t energy experts predicted that wind, sun and other alternative energy sources aren’t up to the job? Alice Jackson, former CEO of Xcel energy’s Colorado operation, was blunt at a renewable[Read More…]

January 4, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Tri-State notes achievements of Responsible Energy Plan one year after implementation

RBC | In a press release issued late last week, Tri-State reflected on its achievements in 2020 and upcoming efforts for 2021 and beyond, as it marks the one-year anniversary of its Responsible Energy Plan (REP), the most transformative change in the 68-year history of the cooperative. From the commencement[Read More…]

January 26, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

County

Colorado coal counties try to plan for unsure economic future

RBC I From the Western Slope of Colorado, to the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, to the mines in Appalachia, communities heavily reliant on coal production are facing a new economic reality: If the viability of those mining jobs is waning, what does the future hold?

May 12, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Opinion: Prospects for a future energy economy

MEEKER | In previous articles I summarized the facts of global climate change and evidence for its effects in the White River drainage. The trend is toward higher temperatures and increasingly drier conditions. We are at significant risk for ecosystem collapse, severe disruption of the food supply, adverse health consequences[Read More…]

February 5, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

BLM OKs overburden storage at coal mine north of Meeker

MEEKER I The Bureau of Land Management Northwest District signed a Finding of No Significant Impact and a Decision Record on Friday, approving a coal lease modification to allow Colowyo Coal to store rock and soil overburden at a coal mine north of Meeker.

July 12, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

A Look at the West: Next president should be pro energy

RBC I Despite the divisiveness of this election season, Americans from both parties share common ground. Polls show voters want the next president to inject life into our sluggish economy. To turn around the economy, the next president will need to embrace free-market, consumer-driven, pro-taxpayer, policies. And when it comes[Read More…]

July 5, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Community solar gardens gain popularity throughout West

RBC I As soon as her electric cooperative started selling panels in a community solar garden, Doris Shennum of Bear Lake, Mont., signed up. It will take 21 years for her to break even on her $900 panel, but 91-year-old Shennum doesn’t mind.

June 26, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

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Meeker Solar Garden ribbon cutting…

June 25, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

A Look at the Nation: A good energy bill would be a boost to country’s strength

RBC I Let’s be honest: The future of the U.S. economy is bleak. A new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts that the U.S. economy will grow only 2 percent this year, a downward revision of the already anemic 2.4 percent growth predicted late last year.

May 22, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled