04 Jan More solar on IREA’s horizon

Posted at 00:07h in Cooperative Updates, Renewables, 2021

IREA currently purchases all of the output of the 12.8-megawatt Victory Solar project north of Bennett, Colorado. In 2019 we...

01 Aug IREA’s solar carport completed

Posted at 00:03h in Cooperative Updates, Renewables, Technology, 2020

IREA’s headquarters in Sedalia now has a solar carport for employee parking. Denver-based Pivot Energy constructed the 431-kilowatt carport, which began...

01 Jan IREA’s energy evolution

Posted at 00:01h in Cooperative Updates, Renewables, Government, Legislation, Technology, 2020

In 2013, when the Colorado General Assembly passed Senate Bill 13-252 mandating a higher renewable energy portfolio standard for rural electric cooperatives,...

01 Mar A look at IREA’s power supply position

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

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]IREA’s principal functions traditionally have been to obtain and distribute reliable, low-cost power. Those functions remain central to our business...

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...

01 Sep IREA questions Xcel’s preferred energy plan

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

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]IREA recently voiced to the state’s utility regulatory authority our preference for one of several energy portfolios proposed by our...

01 Sep Battery storage promising, but unproven and expensive

Posted at 00:01h in Renewables, Technology, Archive

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As demand for electricity continues to grow, the U.S. electric grid will increasingly use batteries to store and provide power. More...

01 Jun Board OKs 80-megawatt solar project

Posted at 00:07h in Cooperative Updates, Renewables, Archive

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The IREA Board of Directors voted in May to approve a power purchase agreement with GCL New Energy to develop...

01 Feb Victory Solar begins power production

Posted at 00:01h in Renewables, Archive

[vc_section el_class="center-content" css=".vc_custom_1481315290784{margin-top: 30px !important;}"][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="2719" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" style="vc_box_border"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1481144843231{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The sun rose on a new era Dec....