Colorado Rural Electric
Association

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Denver, CO 80216
Phone: (303) 455-2700
Fax: (303) 455-2807

Power Suppliers

Tri-State Generation & Transmission, headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, serves 44 member systems who, in turn, provide electricity to over 476,000 meters. Tri-State members in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming receive power generated at the Craig, Laramie River, Nucla, Prewitt Escalante, and San Juan stations, and backup power from Burlington and combustion turbines. Power is also purchased for resale from the Western Area Power Administration and Basin Electric Power Cooperative. To learn more, please go to their website at www.tristategt.org.

Basin Electric Power Cooperative is a consumer-owned, regional cooperative headquartered in Bismarck, ND. They operate electricity-generating power plants with a total capacity of 3,304 megawatts for 122 rural electric member systems in the eight states of Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska. Those member systems server approximately 1.5 million consumers. To learn more, please go to their website at www.basinelectric.com.

The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) markets, transmits, and maintains more than 16,857 miles of transmission line in order to provide electric power in a service territory covering 1.3 million square miles. WAPA's wholesale power customers provide service to millions of consumers in 15 western states including Colorado. To learn more, please go to their website at www.wapa.gov.

 

Public Service Company of Colorado is an operating company for Xcel Energy. In July 2000, Public Service Company of Colorado merged with Northern States Power to form Xcel Energy. The new holding company serves more than three million electric customers. Their corporate headquarters are in Minneapolis, Minnesota. To learn more, please go to their website at www.xcelenergy.com.

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