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Tri-State, Platte River request rehearing of DOE order delaying retirement of Craig Station Unit 1 January 30, 2026
Tri-State makes Craig Generating Station Unit 1 available to operate in compliance with DOE emergency order January 23, 2026
FERC accepts settlement on Tri-State’s formulary rates January 6, 2026
U.S. DOE orders Tri-State to keep Craig Generating Station unit operating for next 90 days December 31, 2025
Colorado PUC issues written order approving Tri-State’s Organized Wholesale Market application December 17, 2025
Three Nebraska utilities give notice to withdraw from Tri-State membership November 26, 2025
Statement from Tri-State CEO Duane Highley on DOE cancellation for GRIP award October 3, 2025
Tri-State’s Board of Directors approves 2026 budget and rate change September 10, 2025
Tri-State announces Bryan Davis as Chief Financial Officer September 2, 2025
Collaborative work results in FERC filing of Tri-State’s High Impact Load Tariff and Agreement August 28, 2025
Colorado Public Utilities Commission approves Tri-State’s 2023 Electric Resource Plan August 26, 2025
FERC accepts Tri-State’s new Wholesale Electric Service Contracts and amended board policy expanding member flexibility August 21, 2025
Colowyo Mine to conclude coal production in 2025, transitioning to full reclamation August 7, 2025
Tri-State addresses EPA proposed action on Colorado State Implementation Plan July 28, 2025
Fitch Ratings raises Tri-State’s outlook, affirms investment-grade ratings July 23, 2025
Benefits of SPP RTO West participation highlighted in filing with Colorado PUC June 17, 2025
Tri-State announces interim CFO June 12, 2025
Members, Tri-State execute new, more flexible wholesale electric service contracts June 9, 2025
Chief Financial Officer to depart Tri-State June 3, 2025
San Miguel Power Association, Tri-State announce additional support and investment in Montrose County May 28, 2025
Tri-State members, co-op consumers to benefit from reduced costs, increased reliability through demand response program May 23, 2025
Reliable power, lowest-cost and reduced emissions focus of preferred portfolio of Tri-State resource plan filing April 10, 2025
Focus on Our Path Forward highlights Tri-State’s 73rd Annual Meeting April 3, 2025
Statement from Tri-State CEO Duane Highley on USDA’s releasing of New ERA Funding March 26, 2025
SPP first RTO to operate in both interconnections with tariff approval March 21, 2025
Tri-State reviews 2024 financial performance March 19, 2025
Tri-State energizes Burlington-Lamar transmission line February 24, 2025
Tri-State, Mountain Parks Electric terminate wholesale electric service contract January 31, 2025
Deriva, Tri-State announce start of commercial operations at Spanish Peaks Solar projects January 6, 2025
Northwest Rural Public Power District provides second notice to withdraw from Tri-State membership January 2, 2025
Tri-State closes financing for construction of two solar projects December 16, 2024
Tri-State returning $10 million in patronage capital to members for 2024 December 5, 2024
LPEA and Tri-State execute term sheet paving the way for future collaboration November 7, 2024
USDA New ERA award to finance $2.5 billion in Tri-State clean energy investments October 25, 2024
Tri-State wholesale rate to members unchanged through 2025 September 30, 2024
Tri-State begins process for securing new resources for its members, focused on renewables, storage and dispatchable resources September 13, 2024
Rural communities to benefit as Tri-State selected in USDA’s New ERA Program September 5, 2024
Colorado regulators approve Tri-State’s transformative, unopposed electric resource plan settlement August 23, 2024
Tri-State’s innovative Bring Your Own Resource program accepted by federal regulators August 5, 2024
S&P Global Ratings raises Tri-State’s outlook to stable, affirms investment grade ratings August 1, 2024
New Tri-State wholesale rate design accepted by federal regulators July 30, 2024
Northwest Rural Public Power District refuses to pay wholesale power bill to Tri-State July 17, 2024
Tri-State advances transformative electric resource plan with unopposed settlement filing June 27, 2024
Tri-State evaluating plans for Colowyo Mine June 14, 2024
Origis Energy and Tri-State announce commercial operation of Escalante Solar June 11, 2024
Tri-State, members announce innovative Bring Your Own Resource program June 7, 2024
SPP files expanded regional transmission organization tariff to include western entities June 5, 2024
Tri-State purchases two western Colorado solar projects from JUWI June 4, 2024
Tri-State files wholesale rates with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission May 31, 2024
Tri-State, CoBank partner in donation to the Cooperative Family Fund in honor of fallen San Isabel Electric Association lineman May 9, 2024
New Electrify and Save On-Bill Repayment Program expands access to beneficial electrification and energy efficiency across the West May 3, 2024
Tri-State advances energy transition as it withdraws United Power from membership April 30, 2024
Tri-State announces two new senior vice president positions April 8, 2024
Momentum of energy transition highlights Tri-State’s 72nd Annual Meeting April 5, 2024
Tri-State moving forward with $186.5 million in transmission system upgrades April 5, 2024
Regulatory uncertainty drives ratings changes from Moody’s Ratings, Fitch Ratings April 3, 2024
Tri-State’s member-led clean energy transition will continue without La Plata Electric Association March 25, 2024
Tri-State achieves 2023 energy efficiency targets in Colorado; increases noted in other states February 8, 2024
Tri-State announces Todd Telesz as Chief Financial Officer January 12, 2024
Tri-State returning $10.37 million in patronage capital to members for 2023 December 22, 2023
Federal regulators request additional information on non-networked transmission cost allocation December 22, 2023
Tri-State reviewing FERC order on Contract Termination Payment tariff December 19, 2023
Tri-State accelerates clean energy transition and bolsters electric system reliability November 30, 2023
Tri-State member cooperatives celebrate halfway point of construction for Escalante Solar November 10, 2023
Tri-State and United Power execute settlement Term Sheet November 8, 2023
Tri-State receives USDA Rural Energy for America’s Technical Assistance Grant November 2, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy selects Tri-State for $26.8 million in federal funding to increase power grid resilience and reliability across four western states October 18, 2023
SPP RTO will expand with commitments from western utilities September 14, 2023
Tri-State submits Letter of Interest to pursue USDA New ERA Program for electric cooperatives September 13, 2023
Tri-State issues request for offers from third parties to purchase power September 5, 2023
Origis Energy announces construction on 200 MW Escalante Solar August 30, 2023
Chief Financial Officer Pat Bridges to retire in March 2024 August 29, 2023
FERC issues order providing direction and clarity on Tri-State’s wholesale rates and a long-standing issue regarding battery storage August 18, 2023
Tri-State responds to United Power’s critique of judge’s order June 13, 2023
Tri-State Board of Directors approves 2024 budget, wholesale rate design June 6, 2023
Fitch Ratings action reaffirms Tri-State’s investment-grade financial ratings with a Stable outlook May 18, 2023
Tri-State CEO lauds cooperative provisions in Inflation Reduction Act at White House announcement May 16, 2023
S&P Global Ratings issues report on Tri-State investment-grade ratings April 25, 2023
Tri-State seeks certainty for member contract termination procedures April 14, 2023
Resiliency of Tri-State highlighted at 71st Annual Meeting of its membership April 7, 2023
Tri-State files revisions to its Contact Termination Payment methodology tariff February 14, 2023
Tri-State submits Phase II Electric Resource Plan Implementation Report to CoPUC February 13, 2023
Moody’s Investors Service reaffirms Tri-State’s senior secured debt rating, lowers outlook January 31, 2023
Members, Tri-State file joint request for rehearing of settlement advancing flexible power contracts January 23, 2023
Mountain Parks Electric provides notice to withdraw from Tri-State membership January 18, 2023
Tri-State reflects on third anniversary of its transformative Responsible Energy Plan January 17, 2023
Tri-State, members will continue to pursue flexible memberships options in FERC hearing process December 27, 2022
Tri-State returning $10 million in patronage capital to members for 2022 December 15, 2022
Judge issues initial decision in Tri-State Contract Termination Payment Tariff filing September 29, 2022
Study on possible Southwest Power Pool RTO expansion shows promise, informs next steps September 21, 2022
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms FERC’s exclusive jurisdiction over Tri-State exit charges September 16, 2022
Highline Electric Association adds potential game changer to the EV charging world August 30, 2022
Co-op provisions in Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 advance Tri-State Responsible Energy Plan August 16, 2022
Tri-State Announces Early Results of Its Cash Tender Offers July 27, 2022
Tri-State Announces Pricing Terms of Its Cash Tender Offers for Certain Outstanding Debt Securities July 27, 2022
Tri-State reaches unanimous settlement to retire Rifle Station July 26, 2022
Tri-State Announces Cash Tender Offers for certain outstanding debt securities July 13, 2022
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association announces strategic reorganization June 3, 2022
Ophir vegetation management set to begin around transmission right of way in June May 26, 2022
Three additional Tri-State members to pursue partial requirements membership option May 23, 2022