1) Tri-State is in a difficult financial position. They are $3.5B in debt because they reinvested in coal when they should have looked at more economical options. 3) They have lost 30% of their ...

Mark Pearson paints a feel-good picture of LPEA’s future but glosses over the serious risks facing our cooperative. Yes, LPEA is leaving Tri-State. But at what cost? Members are now on the hook for a ...

I am a long-time library user in big cities and small towns. I’ve met all kinds of interesting people and developed long-time friendships with librarians. The help they provide in understanding the ...

Roughly 25 years ago, I attended my first LPEA annual meeting, and the keynote speaker from Tri-State gave a talk titled, “The Myth of Renewable Energy.” He mainly spoke about how bad renewables are, ...

Lyle McKnight claims to be concerned with the “lack of transparency” from LPEA – it’s one of the main reasons he’s running for the board seat in District 4 as “The Voice of the Working Man.” However, ...

Above: A (real) employee of 2nd Ave. Sports unlocks the shop's dumpster this week. On April 14, a local "picker" (inset) ...

My grandfather Alva Short homesteaded on the lower Florida Mesa in 1900. He and my grandmother, Belle, initially lived in a dugout where they had their first of 12 children, all surviving into ...

The Colorado Safety Stop and who is the real a$$hole ...

“Former Vice President Joe Biden’s top advisers and prominent Democrats outside the Biden campaign have recently revived a long-running debate whether Biden should publicly pledge to serve only one ...

As a member-owner of Tri-State, LPEA receives annual capital credit allocations – a share of Tri-State’s profits based on how much power LPEA purchases. These are recorded as patronage capital, ...

The LPEA Board of Directors, on its own, decided to break a contract with Tri-State that included proven reliable power supply and a voting membership in that co-op of co-ops. The board did not ...