Resource Planning Documents

Western Area Power Administration

• 2007 Integrated Resource Plan 
• 2008 IRP - Annual Progress Report 

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 (7/1/10) 

If you would like your contact information included on this list, e-mail resourceplanning@tristategt.org.

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 

Updated: August 20, 2010