Resource Planning Documents

Colorado PUC 2010 Electric Resource Plan (22 MB) 

2010 ERP Annual Emissions by Station (6 MB) 

2011 Electric Resource Plan progress report (4 MB) 

Western Area Power Administration

• 2007 Integrated Resource Plan 
• 2008 IRP - Annual Progress Report 
• IRP approval letter (April 2011) 

Colorado Public Utilities Commission

• Tri-State's Electric Resource Plan Annual Progress Report (Oct. 2009) 
• Tri-State's letter to the PUC regarding Resource Planning (Dec. 2009) 

System-wide energy efficiency study

Formal public participants list 

Public meeting presentations & summaries

• April 16 meeting summary 
• April 16 meeting presentation 

• April 23 meeting summary 
• April 23 meeting presentation 

• Agenda planning notes for April 26 and May 3 

May 19 meeting presentations

At Tri-State’s 3rd public participation meeting held May 19, individuals and representatives from various organizations presented data and information for Tri-State’s consideration. The agenda was set by a committee of public participants and the presentations were prepared and delivered by each presenter.  Tri-State does not sanction any of the information, data or positions presented in the following materials.

• Meeting agenda 
• Meeting summary 

• Meeting presentations

• Colorado energy policy - Colorado Governor's Energy Office
• Environmental regulatory actions - Environmental Defense Fund
• Financial exposure to carbon regulation - Western Resource Advocates
• Water risks and impacts of changing conditions - Western Resource Advocates
• Coal supply and cost considerations - Clean Energy Action
• Energy efficiency program recommendations - Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
• Wind integration - National Renewable Energy Lab
• A view from Kansas - Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy
• Rural community perspective - High Country Citizens' Alliance
• Transmission and renewables integration in resource planning - Colorado Independent Energy Assn.
• Environmental issues when expanding transmission - Western Resource Advocates
• Waste heat recovery projects - Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
• Distributed generation - Colorado Harvesting Energy Network
• Smart grid and system integration - Colorado Governor's Energy Office
• Wind and storage: New energy market models - Ensemble Ventures
• Wind and storage: New technology innovations - Mariah Energy Development
• Reducing CO2 from fossil fuels - Clean Air Task Force
• Clean coal prospects - Clean Energy Action
• Geothermal energy - Colorado Governor's Energy Office
• Developing renewable energy technologies - National Renewable Energy Lab
• Modeling scenarios - Western Resource Advocates
• Modeling scenarios - Colorado Governor's Energy Office
• Action plan - Western Resource Advocates

• June 10 meeting summary 
• June 10 meeting presentation 

• Correction to June 10: Slide 85 - Comparing Carbon Cost Escalation 

• July 1 meeting summary 
• July 1 meeting presentation 

• July 15 meeting summary 
• July 15 meeting presentation 
• High coal scenarios 

• September 17 meeting presentation 
• September 17 meeting summary 

• August 29, 2011 meeting presentation 

Updated: December 7, 2011