01 Sep Coats for Colorado kicks off Oct. 1

Posted at 00:02h in Cooperative Updates, Community, Archive

IREA will again collect donations to the Coats for Colorado drive. Donate any new or gently used winter coats Oct. 1 through...

01 Aug Trimming cycle nears end

Posted at 00:03h in Cooperative Updates, Safety, Outages, Archive

In 2014, we implemented a vegetation management program to minimize fire risk and outages. During the first six-year cycle we cleared all...

01 Aug New meter installations near 20,000

Posted at 00:01h in Cooperative Updates, Technology, Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Archive

IREA has completed installation of nearly 20,000 advanced meters, totaling 12% of the 160,000-plus we will install by the end of 2020. These...

01 Jun State legislative session ends

Posted at 00:03h in Cooperative Updates, Government, Legislation, Archive

The 72nd Colorado General Assembly adjourned sine die in early May. Several pieces of legislation were of special interest to...

01 May Legislative session draws to a close

Posted at 00:05h in Cooperative Updates, Government, Legislation, Archive

The 72nd Colorado General Assembly convened with state Democrats holding the majority in both the House and Senate and occupying...

01 May Transaction fees to be eliminated; upgraded payment system coming

Posted at 00:03h in Cooperative Updates, Member Services, Billing, Archive

We recently negotiated fees with several payment processors, and IREA’s Board of Directors approved the elimination of all payment fees...

01 Mar Members to elect directors in Districts 1, 2, 4 and 6

Posted at 00:05h in Cooperative Updates, Archive

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The seats for districts 1, 2, 4 and 6 on IREA’s Board of Directors are up for reelection this year....

01 Mar IREA pursues RTO discussions

Posted at 00:04h in Cooperative Updates, Government, Legislation, Archive

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Colorado’s 72nd General Assembly kicked off Jan. 4 with a new slate of legislators and statewide officials. Twelve of the...

01 Feb Capital credit refunds planned for March

Posted at 00:04h in Cooperative Updates, Member Services, Capital Credits, Billing, Archive

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Intermountain Rural Electric Association will issue capital credit refunds next month. The Board of Directors voted in January to refund $16.375...

01 Jan IREA board approves 30MW solar purchase

Posted at 00:05h in Cooperative Updates, Renewables, Archive

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The IREA Board of Directors voted in November to approve an agreement to purchase 30 megawatts of solar power from...