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Tri-State community solar program advances additional member flexibility

RBC | Members of not-for-profit interstate power supplier Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association will soon have expanded opportunities to pursue community solar projects through a new program developed by Tri-State’s members. Consumer-members of Gunnison County Electric Association in western Colorado stand ready to benefit from the new option.

Community solar projects are marketed to retail consumers under subscription arrangements. Tri-State’s community solar program was developed by the cooperative’s utility members in 2019 to provide additional…