Tri-State itself generates 70% of its power from carbon sources and 30% from renewable resources. Though PVREA is formalizing its desire for a low-carbon future, the co-op does not have much flexibility to generate renewable energy on its own.Īs a member of Tri-State Generation and Transmission, a Westminster-based wholesale electricity cooperative that provides power to about 1.3 million homes and businesses in four states, PVREA must purchase all but 5% of its wholesale energy from Tri-State. PVREA plans to add two large new solar arrays in 2019, its website states. The co-op’s current power mix is 67 percent carbon-based generation with particular emphasis on coal, though its portfolio also includes two hydroelectric generators, four large solar arrays and three community-owned solar farms. PVREA executives announced Thursday the cooperative’s first-ever renewable energy goal, which calls for 80% of the electricity it supplies to be from renewable resources by 2030. (Julia Rentsch / Loveland Reporter-Herald)Eric McGhee, a foreman with Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, works Thursday on a transformer in north Fort Collins near Lemay Avenue.
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