A power company plans for life after coal • Colorado Newsline

A power company plans for life after coal • Colorado Newsline

A Tri-State Generation and Transmission natural gas plant. (Allen Best/Big Pivots)This commentary originally appeared in Big Pivots. Oh, what a difference 20 years has made in how Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association views energy. An organization that in 2005 wanted to build a giant new coal plant now sees a future almost entirely devoid of coal. It expects to be at 70% renewables by 2030. Perhaps Tri-State failed to get the executi…