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ColoradoREA

  1. Here's an interesting look at small nuclear: ect.coop/power-supply/p…
  2. Nonprofit electric co-ops do pay property taxes. Morgan County REA in Ft Morgan paid $396,854.64 in 2011 in the counties it serves.
  3. Remember May is Electric Safety Month: Install ground fault circuit interrupters in wet areas of your home. Learn more: bit.ly/eifY2b
  4. CREA Executive Director Kent Singer blogs about this morning's meeting with Rep. Lamborn (R-Dist.5): coloradoreablog.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/mou…
  5. Colorado co-op managers heading out to see the linemen training at Hotline School in Grand Junction.
  6. Safety throughtout the co-op is the focus as Colorado co-op managers meet this morning in Grand Junction.
  7. Highline Electric, Holyoke, paid out $91,565 in energy efficiency rebates to its members in 2011. Efficiency was rewarded.
  8. Negotiations on the coal methane bill continued yesterday in the CO Senate, but passage is not looking promising: gjsentinel.com/news/articles/…
  9. Since renewable generation has become more viable, LaPlata Electric, Durango, has distributed $1million+ to support renewables.
  10. Heading to Virginia to tour the new LEED-certified headquarters built by CFC, one of our co-op banks.
  11. Learned more about the New Democrats in Congress who are trying to be a little more pro-business and pro-energy than more left-wing Dems.
  12. Small modular nuclear reactors should be part of our energy future, according to experts speaking in DC. Money needs to be put into R&D.
  13. Colorado electric co-op board members meeting at the US Capitol this am; hearing from the Dept of Energy on nuclear energy.
  14. Spent the afternoon meeting with staff from the offices of Sens. Udall and Bennet. Talked about issues that matter to electric co-ops.
  15. Colorado electric co-op board members learning how to get their message to Congress during the Grassroots Conference in DC.
  16. United Power invites its members to the co-op's annual meeting tomorrow, April 18, 6:30 p.m. at the Armory at Brighton Cultural Center.
  17. Member services reps from Colorado's electric co-ops met with Recharge Colorado this am to discuss how to promote energy efficiency.
  18. One CO electric co-op was affected by the North Fork fire: ect.coop/weather-effect…
  19. The April edition of CREA's magazine, Colorado Country LIfe, is posted online. Read it at coloradocountrylife.coop.