Who Owns What?
Understanding electric equipment responsibilities As summer continues with long days and rising temperatures, it also brings the increased potential for severe weather. Summer storms can arrive quickly and hit hard, sometimes causing significant damage to essential electric equipment throughout our community. Southeast Colorado Power Association (SECPA) is always prepared to respond swiftly to outages and […]
Dig Smart. Dig Safe. It’s the Law.
August 11th is Safe Digging Day Before you grab a shovel, grab your phone and call 811 or go online to colorado811.org. Even small digging jobs can have big consequences. If you hit a utility line, you could cause a major outage, face serious injury, or be fined. Calling before you dig is fast, free […]
Net Metering
What is it and how does it work? Residential solar power systems are becoming more attainable, and more homeowners are exploring solar panels as an additional source for powering their homes. The amount of electricity produced by solar panels depends on several factors, including your location’s sunlight exposure and the number of panels installed. In […]
2,000 Members Help Grand Valley Power Save Big
Grand Valley Power is a cooperative. Member owned. When we save, you save. We’re dedicated to doing the right thing, and delivering value to all we serve, even in tough economic conditions. Last year, power costs climbed higher than anyone expected. At the same time, Grand Valley Power sold fewer kilowatt hours — which meant […]
We’re Here to Serve You
We’ve all heard the phrase, “We’re here to serve you,” countless times. These words may sound generic, but to us at your local electric cooperative, they mean everything. K.C. Electric Association was created to serve our community. Back in the day, neighbors banded together and formed our co-op for the common good. In our case, […]
MVEA is Rooted In Reliability
Mountain View Electric Association’s mission is vital: to deliver safe, reliable, affordable, and responsible electricity to you — our members. That mission has never been more important as we face increasing wildfire risk across Colorado. Our state’s growing population, increasingly dry conditions, and suburban spread into wildland-urban areas has changed the conversation about, and the […]
Mutual Aid
The Cooperative Way Your local electric cooperative, Y-W Electric Association, works hard to reduce the likelihood of power outages by trimming trees, managing vegetation, and maintaining and repairing equipment. But when severe weather strikes, power outages can disrupt daily life in an instant. That’s when a powerful network of cooperation known as mutual aid springs […]
Building a Smarter Co-op
Cooperatives around the world, including GCEA, operate according to a set of seven core cooperative principles. These seven principles applied together make the cooperative business model unique from other electric utilities and greatly benefit GCEA’s members. The fifth cooperative principle — Education, Training, and Information — encourages cooperative members, the board, and staff to develop, […]
Next-Level Relaibility
The wholesale electricity market constantly evolves to keep up with technological changes and growth coming from beneficial electrification. Empire Electric Association’s wholesale power supplier, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, works to maintain its competitive edge in the marketplace with affordable power prices and its commitment to reliably deliver power across four Western states to over […]