WREA passes on wholesale rate increase for 2017

Special to the Herald Times
MEEKER | Rate stability remains a priority at White River Electric Association, but due to a wholesale rate increase by WREA’s power provider, Tri-State Generation & Transmission, a 2017 rate increase could not be avoided.
“Tri-State let us know in September that we would have a 4.3 percent wholesale rate increase in 2017,” said WREA’s General Manager Alan Michalewicz. With that notice WREA focused on managing internal costs and took…