Clean Energy

June 18, 2021

The RECLAIM Act sets the stage for a “Just Transition” for coal communities

As coal communities grapple with existing economic decline and public health risks made significantly worse by the COVID-19 crisis, the Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities […]
May 5, 2021

Oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no!

Last month, we told you that Colorado’s SB21-200: Reduce Greenhouse Gases & Increase Environmental Justice would be the legislative showdown of the year. That prediction has […]
April 28, 2021

Changes coming to We Are The Change!

If you’ve been following along with our We Are The Change webinars, then you know we’ve had some great discussions about important bills moving through the […]
April 23, 2021

Three BIG Legislative wins for the West Slope

As the 2021 legislative session was coming up, our Alliance’s committees were preparing to support three hefty bills, each very different in topic. Generally, while our […]
April 2, 2021

Lightning-fast progress in clean energy

There’s no understating the lightning-fast progress that clean energy policy, jobs, and opportunity have made in Colorado these past three years. Though the pandemic has shaken […]
December 4, 2020

Clean energy: The shift is happening

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December 2, 2020

A Historic New Chapter for Rural Colorado Energy

In 2019, Western Colorado Alliance members passed state legislation that, for the first time ever, required Tri-State Generation & Transmission to answer to the people of […]
November 13, 2020

Tri-State Responds to Co-op Member Demands for New Energy Technologies

Demands for Local Clean Energy Jobs and Affordable Electricity Yet to Be Met Today, Tri-State Generation and Transmission announced new “Green Energy Goals” that will reduce […]
August 27, 2020

Tri-State and new green legislation

On June 1, Tri-State filed its first Phase 1 documents for the historic Electric Resource Plan underway at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. In 2019, both […]