Colorado Company Gets Fed Clearance for Grid Project
October 6th, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this week approved a request by Lucky Corridor LLC that clears the way for the Colorado-based company to start selling transmission rights and services to energy developers on what would be 93 miles of beefed-up power lines.
Rather than building new lines and substations, the Lucky Corridor project calls for upgrading existing lines to accommodate more electricity generated from the region’s wind, solar and natural gas resources … The project has the support of about 20 ranchers along the New Mexico-Colorado border, and Lucky Corridor is also expected to sign a joint ownership agreement with Colorado-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc., which uses the existing line to deliver about 200 megawatts of electricity to its customers.MORE …
Filed Under: ARCHIVES • Efficiency • Policy • Projects • Utilities
Tags: Colorado wind energy • electrical grid • energy infrastructure • FERC • Lucky Corridor LLC • New Mexico
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Though a small step and almost over 16 years into the die-off of our forests, this effort should be applauded ...
The best ballot initiative is one that will ban initiatives. Otherwise what is the point of electing legislators. 
Thanks for the info Fred! 
Tri-State Board Policy 117 limits member co-op generation to 5%.
LPEA has asked them to lift that for community solar gardens.
https://www.lpea.coop/pdf/board_meeting/resolutions/2012/201213_tristate_policy_117.pdf 
To see this exciting change as "scary" seems incredibly short-sited to me. Between the increasing power demands caused by ...