Union Rural Electric Association's Board Vice President, Alvin Lesser, and Secretary-Treasurer, William Dersham, were traveling to southwestern Colorado with the cooperative's lobbyist to garner support for a territory integrity bill in the state legislature when their plane went down in the mountains.

Remains of the plane were found in March. There were no survivors.

Union Rural Electric Association’s service area becomes the target of a takeover attempt by Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo). At nearly 13,000 meters, PSCo mounted a campaign to take over the lucrative and growing service area.

Physical meter reading by Union Rural Electric Association is established. Until this point, members are reading their own meters and relaying that information back to the cooperative for billing.

The cooperative opens the Crescent Village Office (Coal Creek office) in the former post office and store.

The Union Rural Electric Association Annual Meeting is held at the Adams County Regional Park for the first time.

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) passes legislation that recognizes all utilities in the state, including electric cooperatives, as full-fledged utilities with the right to serve certificated territories designated by the PUC.

Union Rural Electric Association (Union REA) moves to its new headquarters in Brighton, located at 18551 E. 160th Ave. Union REA would operate out of this facility for 50 years, including its transition to United Power.

Willie the Wired Hand was created by Andrew McClay for the National Rural Electric Association magazine, RE Magazine. It was later shortened to Willie Wiredhand and selected to represent electric cooperatives in 1951.

Union Rural Electric Association joins with 24 other rural electric associations to form Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association as a cooperative wholesale power supplier.

Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo) begins actively competing for Union Rural Electric Association's customer by building duplicate facilities adjacent to many of the cooperative's lines and poles. The co-op petitions the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for certification as a utility.