{"id":252973,"date":"2024-06-22T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/this-coal-heavy-rural-co-op-utility-is-buying-its-first-solar-plants\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T14:12:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T14:12:46","slug":"this-coal-heavy-rural-co-op-utility-is-buying-its-first-solar-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/this-coal-heavy-rural-co-op-utility-is-buying-its-first-solar-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"This coal-heavy rural co-op utility is buying its first solar plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n      <iframe style=\"margin: 0 auto 20px; width: 100%; height: 100px; border: none; display: none\" data-project-id=\"Yual8er4aaQbafhcldNK\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" allowtransparency=\"\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"ad-auris-iframe\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-partner-content\">\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\"><em>This story was originally published by\u00a0Canary Media.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, one of the largest rural cooperative utilities in the U.S., is bringing the energy transition home to its massive western service territory. It\u2019s acquiring its first large-scale solar power plants as it prepares to shift away from its current dependence on coal\u00a0power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Tri-State generates and transmits power to\u00a041\u00a0member cooperatives, which retail to\u00a01\u00a0million customers in rural Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Nebraska (four states, despite the name). The customer base spans\u00a0200,000\u00a0square miles, more land than the entirety of California, with an average density of just five customers per mile of power line. Just a\u00a0few years ago,\u00a0two member cooperatives quit Tri-State\u00a0to seek cheaper, cleaner power elsewhere. Since&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/energy\/tri-state-rural-coop-first-solar-plants\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read full article originally published on grist.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story was originally published by\u00a0Canary Media. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, one of the largest rural cooperative utilities in the U.S., is bringing the energy transition home to its massive western service territory. It\u2019s acquiring its first large-scale solar power plants as it prepares to shift away from its current dependence on coal\u00a0power. 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