The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered Tri-State to use a formula it approved to calculate exit fees for any of its 42 member cooperatives that want out of their contracts.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered Tri-State to use a formula it approved to calculate exit fees for any of its 42 member cooperatives that want out of their contracts.
A Durango-based electric cooperative that has vocally criticized the practices of Tri-State Generation and Transmission has filed a lawsuit accusing the utility of being "sneaky and underhanded" and seeking to get out of its contract or be compensated for damages it says it has suffered.
Tri-State Generation and Transmission's largest member, Brighton-based United Power, has agreed to start buying electricity from a different company as it prepares to end its contract with the wholesale power supplier. The Colorado-based Tri-State serves 42 electric cooperatives in four states and has seen some of its members leave as the energy landscape has changed with the move to more renewable sources.