Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, its member electric cooperative, and other regional utilities have partnered to propose the construction of a new a 230-kilovolt transmission line from the Farmington area to Ignacio, Colo..
Tri-State, a not-for-profit electric utility, is a wholesale electric power supplier owned by the 44 electric cooperatives that it serves. Tri-State generates and transports electricity to its member systems throughout a 250,000 square-mile service territory across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming.
Coordinating Utilities
| La Plata Electric Association | City of Farmington |
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| Western Area Power Administration | |
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Involved federal agencies
The Bureau of Land Management is the lead agency for the required environmental process, which will require evaluation of the potential environmental impacts from the proposed project before deciding to move forward. Other cooperating federal agencies are the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Rural Utilities Service. In addition, the Southern Ute Indian tribe is a cooperating entity
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Rural Utilities Service
Other involved groups:
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe
- Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe
- U.S Fish and Wildlife Service
- New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
- Colorado Division of Wildlife
- Colorado Public Utilities Commission
- New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission
- La Plata County (Colorado)
- San Juan County (New Mexico)
Project Benefits
The proposed project would: