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Grant Funding Available to Chaffee, Fremont, Lake, and Custer County First Responders

by Ark Valley Voice Staff | Nov 7, 2023 | 0

The Chaffee County Community Foundation (CCCF), in partnership with the Sangre de Cristo Electric...

SDCEA Board Unanimously Re-Appoints Gary Kelly as Interim CEO

by Jan Wondra | Oct 9, 2023 | 0

This morning the Sangre de Cristo Election Association (SDCEA) Board of Directors announced that...

Geothermal Part IV: The Temporary Wrap-Up

by August Toevs | Aug 30, 2023 | 6

Since Part III of Ark Valley Voice’s coverage of geothermal energy development near Buena...

BV Trustees Hear from SDCEA, Tree Advisory Board, and BV Tree Coalition About Tree Removal Plans

by Carly Winchell | Aug 25, 2023 | 0

The Buena Vista Board of Trustees met for a work session at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 22 to gather...

SDCEA Resolves to Support Geothermal Test Well Near Mount Princeton, Discusses CEO Hiring Process and Possible Rate Restructures

by August Toevs | Aug 2, 2023 | 0

Sangre De Cristo Electric Association (SDCEA), the electric cooperative that supplies electricity...

Meet the SDCEA Board Candidates: Jeff Fiedler

by Jan Wondra | May 30, 2023 | 0

“We’re not talking about doing any of this in a year. It’s two and three decades of transitions – could we go to 10 percent from our five percent local production?”

Meet the SDCEA Board Candidates: Michael Robinson

by Jan Wondra | May 30, 2023 | 0

“I keep getting the comment like ‘We’re not moving fast enough,’ but I’m not sure what they are measuring against. I don’t know what their standard would be. If the objective is to be 100 percent renewable sources, I agree. But my objective is to maintain reliability while we move forward toward that future and toward non-carbon sources.

Meet the SDCEA Board Candidates: Joe Redetzke

by Jan Wondra | May 30, 2023 | 0

“With today’s tech we can get to 85 percent carbon-free, but not 100 percent, Even Xcel says that. Tri-State has adequate power, adequate resources, they have excess power and they are selling to others for more than our contract…. they are going to continue to find customers that want to pay more for the power than we do today. Future carbon-free sources are geothermal, and even small-scale nuclear.”

Letter to the Editor: All the Facts First, then a Plan

by Community Contributor | May 25, 2023 | 0

There are several key initiatives that must be addressed by the SDCEA board such as a fair and balanced transition to distributed renewable power generation. However, one issue that seems to be lacking facts and specifics among...