01 Oct New meter installs near 40,000

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

Installation of AMI meters continues at a steady pace. Nearly 40,000 new meters have been installed as of late September. New meter...

01 Sep Avoid the latest utility scam

Posted at 00:08h in Cooperative Updates, Safety, Archive

IREA continues to receive customer reports of utility scams. The latest reports describe an individual going door-to-door claiming to represent IREA. The individual uses...

01 Sep Linemen among best at rodeo

Posted at 00:07h in Cooperative Updates, Archive

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] IREA linemen were among the top competitors at the recent Mile High Lineman’s Rodeo at Bandimere Speedway near Morrison. Journeymen TJ...

01 Sep IREA purchases Chevy Bolt, Tesla Model 3

Posted at 00:05h in Cooperative Updates, Energy Efficiency, Technology, Archive

The Colorado Energy Office estimates there could be as many as 800,000 electric vehicles on Colorado roads by 2030. As an electric...

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...