Last week we joined our cooperative colleagues in Washington, D.C. for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Legislative Conference, where we connected with electric cooperatives from around the country and engaged with our legislators to share our co-op story, the issues we face and the value we add as member-owned electricity providers.
There seems to be a cottage industry in funding third-party “reports” about our cooperative and our business, and many of these reports have varying degrees of misrepresentations, unintentional or otherwise. A recent publication from The Western Way, along with recent similar comments from others, is notable for its glaring misrepresentations and falsifications. The overarching mistake […]
As electric cooperatives, our purpose is to power communities and empower our members to improve the quality of their lives. It’s a purpose that has always driven me, and in the last few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to continue my journey to further this purpose as Tri-State CEO. I’ve worked for the electric cooperative […]
We have the privilege to work in an industry that people count on, are invested in and talk about regularly. It’s because electricity is so essential to our daily lives that many people have passionate views about how it should be provided and how much it should cost. And lately we’re seeing these perspectives discussed […]
Today, on Lineman Appreciation Day, we thank our linemen, and substation and telecommunications technicians for their service in keeping the power flowing to our 43 members and their 1.3 million consumers! It takes a village to provide electricity, and we would like to recognize all our team members who maintain our transmission lines, substations and […]
As a cooperative association, working together is just the nature of how we make decisions. And this week we’re looking forward to gathering with representatives from our 43 Tri-State member systems for our 2019 Annual Meeting and Membership Meeting to further that teamwork. Focusing on our core purpose of providing reliable, affordable electricity, it’s meetings […]
As soon as weather forecasts started predicting extreme weather for March 13, our teams in Energy Markets began anticipating potential impacts and making adjustments.
Each day, in communities across the West, we wake up and pretty quickly begin our powered lives – flipping on light switches, pulling breakfast from the refrigerator and checking in with our technology devices. In the regions we serve, electricity powers the irrigation systems for farms that grow the food we eat. It also powers […]
