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United Power Executes Letter of Commitment for Nearly $262 Million in New ERA Grant Funding
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Monday | December 30, 2024
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In September, the co-op was announced as an awardee for $261.6 million in grant funding to offset the cost of new, clean energy generation.
Brighton, CO – United Power executed a letter of commitment with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Services today for the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. In September, the cooperative was announced as an awardee for $261.6 million in grant funding to offset the cost of new generation for its transition to a strategic portfolio of clean energy that includes power purchase agreements that will provide more than 760 megawatts of renewable resources to its members by 2030. USDA staff is currently working with the cooperative to complete underwriting to fully fund the award.
The New ERA funding requires submission of a comprehensive Community Benefit Plan (CBP). United Power’s CBP was submitted and accepted in November, allowing the cooperative to move to the next step in the New ERA process.
“These grant funds will be used to offset a portion of the costs United Power has and will incur for seven different power purchase agreements,” said Mark A. Gabriel, United Power’s President and CEO. “The projects represent new, clean energy sources that have already significantly reduced our greenhouse gas emissions since the exit from our former wholesale power supplier on May 1. Additionally, the projects are bringing tax dollars and jobs to each of the areas where the systems are located.”
United Power’s CBP expands assistance to the communities it serves, with a commitment to invest an additional $1 million into a variety of community projects and programs. The goal of the CBP is to enhance life for members and communities through support of targeted programs, providing dollars for a wide range of needs. Assisting members on fixed incomes, investing in beneficial electrification efforts, supporting farmers and ranchers, and directing funding to communities where New ERA project facilities are located are all included in the extensive list of CBP initiatives.
The first initiative funded under the CBP is the award of four lineworker scholarships of $7,500 each. There is a critical need for trained lineworkers, and the scholarships will help to boost opportunities for students working toward certification at local colleges in Colorado.
“Receiving this scholarship means a lot to me,” said Kate Killinen, one of the United Power lineworker scholarship recipients. “It means that I can go through the Mesa Lineworker Program without going into any school debt and focus more on my studies rather than how to get the money I need to get through it. Receiving this scholarship will help my long-term career goals of working for an electric cooperative by helping me get through an amazing program that is the foundation to my whole career.”
The CBP commitments will be distributed throughout the 10 years of the planned grant period and represent a substantial increase over the dollars already earmarked by the cooperative for its numerous annual community support efforts.
“As a cooperative, supporting our communities and investing in education have always been key directives in our annual planning,” said Gabriel. “We have been awarding scholarships, supporting education in our industry, and providing leadership and investment dollars to assistance organizations that serve our members for decades. Now we will be able to do even more.”
To learn more about United Power’s industry leading energy transition outlined in its long-term vision for the future, read Our Cooperative Roadmap.
About United PowerUnited Power is a member-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperative, delivering electricity to homes, farms, and businesses throughout Colorado’s northern front range. The cooperative is one of the fastest-growing electric co-ops in the nation, serving more than 113,000 meters. Its 900-square mile service territory extends from the mountains of Coal Creek and Golden Gate Canyon, along the I-25 corridor and Carbon Valley region, to the farmlands of Brighton, Hudson, and Keenesburg. United Power is also a founding member of the NextGen Cooperative Alliance, which is dedicated to expanding the power supply and procurement options available to distribution co-ops and reforming the traditional generation and transmission business model. For more information about United Power, visit www.unitedpower.com or follow the cooperative on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.###
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United Power Files with PUC for Tri-State Exit Price
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Wednesday | November 6, 2019
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Cooperative Seeks More Renewable Energy, Lower Costs
United Power, a member-owned electric cooperative serving Colorado’s northern front range, has been investigating its power supply options with Tri-State Generation & Transmission over the last several years, as is the fiduciary responsibility to its member-owners. As part of its investigation, United Power filed a request for the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to exercise its authority to establish a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory exit charge from Tri-State Generation & Transmission. Tri-State is a cooperative generation and transmission association headquartered in Westminster, Colorado which provides wholesale power to 40 utilities across four states, including United Power.
“United Power members deserve clean, affordable energy and we have an obligation as a cooperative to look out for the financial interests of our member-owners. We have been working for the last few years on solutions with Tri-State that would allow the co-op the flexibility to add local resources, or purchase lower cost power from other sources,” said John Parker, Chief Executive Officer for United Power. “Conversations regarding our power agreement with Tri-State have stalled and the cooperative is seeking out all possible alternatives to build in rate reductions and offer more renewable options to our energy mix.”
Power purchase agreements with Tri-State limit the purchase of additional power by United Power to just five percent of total power requirements. United Power, along with several other cooperatives, championed a bylaw change that would allow Tri-State member cooperatives to enter into partial requirement contracts. These new partial requirement contracts are an essential component of any successful plan to de-carbonize Colorado electricity generation consistent with Colorado state policy objectives by reducing United Power’s reliance on Tri-State’s high-priced, carbon-intensive power mix. Not only that, they would allow the cooperative to better meet demands for local renewable energy projects, and ultimately reduce costs for United Power members. Since the resolution was passed earlier this year, the two parties have been unable to come to agreements on proposed solutions, and recently Tri-State placed a moratorium on all partial power and buy-out conversations until mid-2020.
“By not allowing United Power to move forward in a timely manner to seek additional energy sources, Tri-State is effectively holding this cooperative and our members hostage,” said Parker. “We are seeking partial requirements and/or buy-out solutions that are in the financial interests of the Tri-State cooperative family, and mutually beneficial to the ratepayers we serve. A full disclosure of a fair and just exit package is the information United Power needs to evaluate and ultimately make effective choices for our members.”
Colorado’s Public Utilities Law gives the Commission broad jurisdiction over public utilities like Tri-State, thus United Power has asked for their intervention to obtain a fair exit price and pricing methodology from Tri-State.
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United Power Hosts Annual Meeting on April 15
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Thursday | April 16, 2026
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Meeting highlights include Director Election results, local energy strategy, and New ERA grant update.
Meeting Highlights include Director Election Results, Local Energy Strategy, and New ERA Grant UpdateBrighton, CO – United Power members gathered for the cooperative’s 2026 Annual Meeting on April 15 at Riverdale Regional Park in Brighton. More than 500 members and guests attended this year’s meeting, which included a video presentation highlighting the co-op’s 2025 accomplishments, the annual financial report, and a special presentation from United Power President and CEO Mark A. Gabriel. Results of the Director Election were announced at the conclusion of the meeting.
Voting in the Director Election was conducted via mail-in and electronic balloting. More than 4,700 member ballots were cast in the election. Running unopposed, South District incumbent Steven Douglas and Mountain District incumbent Tamra K. Waltemath retained their seats with each candidate receiving 3,996 votes. North District incumbent Virginia A. “Ginny” Buczek retained her seat with 2,496 votes. Her opponent Phil Tiffany received 2,110 votes. A new director was seated in the Central District, where Lisa Hough received 2,733 votes to challenger Vicki Erickson’s 1,797 votes. A ballot item that asked members to update the cooperative’s Articles of Incorporation to ensure they are clear, transparent, and consistent with current state laws and the cooperative’s bylaws passed with 3,635 votes in favor.
Board Chair Stephen Whiteside and Mark A. Gabriel shared a video presentation at the meeting highlighting how The Power of Local impacts the cooperative’s decision making and its everyday operations. Two years ago, United Power exited its wholesale power contract beginning its journey to energy independence. The cooperative is actively implementing its local energy strategy, known as hyper-localization, where more power is generated closer to the cooperative’s footprint and the communities it serves. Local energy also bypasses costly and congested transmission. The strategy was highlighted last year in the second version of the co-op’s long-term action plan, Our Cooperative Roadmap.
“One of the most significant changes in United Power’s history was our transition to a new power supply strategy,” said Whiteside. “When we moved away from a single provider, we gained more local control over where our power comes from and our ability to plan for the future.”
“Independence provides the cooperative with flexibility to build a diverse energy portfolio that protects reliability and helps keep long-term costs in check,” Gabriel said. “This includes an expanding catalog of hyper-local projects, like Mountain Peak Power, which was energized last summer in partnership with Kindle Energy. This innovative natural gas peaking plant is strategically located outside Keenesburg adjacent to gas lines, making it an efficient and cost-effective resource during peak demand events. Also, because it is located near a substation connected to a battery energy storage system (BESS), it will reduce costs and increase reliability for our members.”
United Power became one of the first electric utilities in the country to install BESS adjacent to its substations in 2024. These projects support the cooperative’s hyper-local strategy and are critical for resource adequacy, energy arbitrage opportunities, and shaving peak demand.
“Resources like Mountain Peak Power help ensure we have power when we need it most, right here at home,” said Whiteside. “It is another example of how investing locally supports reliability, flexibility, and long-term value for our members.”
Gabriel also shared that this week, the cooperative was the first awardee of 15 to receive funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. The grant award, which will be paid over the next 10 to 15 years, will be used to help mitigate the rising cost of power and to stabilize rates for cooperative members. In September 2025, the agency confirmed that United Power was the first cooperative to submit and receive approval of its Community Benefit Plan Implementation Report, which was a condition to receive funds related to four energy projects already operating for the benefit of United Power communities. Three additional New ERA projects will come online by the end of 2029. United Power will continue investing in local communities, and fulfilling the cooperative’s commitments to advancing workforce development, access to energy assistance, support for rural farmers, and more.
“Simply put, just as we are securing new energy resources to support our membership, we are also ensuring the benefits of New ERA related to new jobs, reliability, and long-term affordability stay in our communities,” said Whiteside.
“We would like to extend a special thank you to our Congressional delegation, including Reps. Gabe Evans and Lauren Boebert as well as Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet, for their support,” said Gabriel. “It has been a long road, but our amazing staff and the USDA staff made it happen.”
Paige Wagner-Maul, United Power Board Assistant Secretary/Treasurer, presented the cooperative’s financial report. Fiscal year 2025 marked United Power’s first full year of independence from its former single-source wholesale power contract, highlighted by the cooperative’s “A - Stable” investor-grade credit rating being affirmed by Fitch Ratings. This rating indicates a strong and stable financial outlook and will allow the co-op to pursue favorable interest rates as it continues to invest in its system.
Although margins decreased slightly, energy sales and revenue increased last year. Notably, certain aspects of the co-op’s May 2024 wholesale power contract buyout were determined in the co-op’s favor in 2025, lowering wholesale power costs and offsetting costs to the membership.
Gabriel concluded the meeting with a presentation about how United Power is taking a proactive position in an industry undergoing dramatic change. New technologies and projects are under development that promise to deliver answers to existing challenges, but the cooperative cannot afford to wait. Gabriel highlighted some expectations about United Power’s future energy demands and its strategy to address them.
“The future will not be defined by those who sit idle,” Gabriel said. “It will be shaped by those who act. United Power is doing exactly that. Planning strategically, investing wisely, and keeping our members at the center of every decision.”
Videos and information presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting, including the cooperative’s 2025 Annual Report, are available at www.unitedpower.com.
About United PowerUnited Power is a member-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperative, delivering electricity to homes, farms, and businesses throughout Colorado’s northern front range. The cooperative is one of the fastest-growing electric co-ops in the nation, serving nearly 118,000 meters. Its 900-square mile service territory extends from the mountains of Coal Creek and Golden Gate Canyon, along the I-25 corridor and Carbon Valley region, to the farmlands of Brighton, Hudson, and Keenesburg. For more information about United Power, visit www.unitedpower.com or follow the cooperative on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.###VIDEO: 2025 United Power Chair & CEO ReportTRANSCRIPT: United Power President & CEO Mark A. Gabriel’s 2026 Annual Meeting presentation
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United Power Executes Letter of Commitment for Nearly $262 Million in New ERA Grant Funding
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Monday | December 30, 2024
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In September, the co-op was announced as an awardee for $261.6 million in grant funding to offset the cost of new, clean energy generation.
Brighton, CO – United Power executed a letter of commitment with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Services today for the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. In September, the cooperative was announced as an awardee for $261.6 million in grant funding to offset the cost of new generation for its transition to a strategic portfolio of clean energy that includes power purchase agreements that will provide more than 760 megawatts of renewable resources to its members by 2030. USDA staff is currently working with the cooperative to complete underwriting to fully fund the award.
The New ERA funding requires submission of a comprehensive Community Benefit Plan (CBP). United Power’s CBP was submitted and accepted in November, allowing the cooperative to move to the next step in the New ERA process.
“These grant funds will be used to offset a portion of the costs United Power has and will incur for seven different power purchase agreements,” said Mark A. Gabriel, United Power’s President and CEO. “The projects represent new, clean energy sources that have already significantly reduced our greenhouse gas emissions since the exit from our former wholesale power supplier on May 1. Additionally, the projects are bringing tax dollars and jobs to each of the areas where the systems are located.”
United Power’s CBP expands assistance to the communities it serves, with a commitment to invest an additional $1 million into a variety of community projects and programs. The goal of the CBP is to enhance life for members and communities through support of targeted programs, providing dollars for a wide range of needs. Assisting members on fixed incomes, investing in beneficial electrification efforts, supporting farmers and ranchers, and directing funding to communities where New ERA project facilities are located are all included in the extensive list of CBP initiatives.
The first initiative funded under the CBP is the award of four lineworker scholarships of $7,500 each. There is a critical need for trained lineworkers, and the scholarships will help to boost opportunities for students working toward certification at local colleges in Colorado.
“Receiving this scholarship means a lot to me,” said Kate Killinen, one of the United Power lineworker scholarship recipients. “It means that I can go through the Mesa Lineworker Program without going into any school debt and focus more on my studies rather than how to get the money I need to get through it. Receiving this scholarship will help my long-term career goals of working for an electric cooperative by helping me get through an amazing program that is the foundation to my whole career.”
The CBP commitments will be distributed throughout the 10 years of the planned grant period and represent a substantial increase over the dollars already earmarked by the cooperative for its numerous annual community support efforts.
“As a cooperative, supporting our communities and investing in education have always been key directives in our annual planning,” said Gabriel. “We have been awarding scholarships, supporting education in our industry, and providing leadership and investment dollars to assistance organizations that serve our members for decades. Now we will be able to do even more.”
To learn more about United Power’s industry leading energy transition outlined in its long-term vision for the future, read Our Cooperative Roadmap.
About United PowerUnited Power is a member-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperative, delivering electricity to homes, farms, and businesses throughout Colorado’s northern front range. The cooperative is one of the fastest-growing electric co-ops in the nation, serving more than 113,000 meters. Its 900-square mile service territory extends from the mountains of Coal Creek and Golden Gate Canyon, along the I-25 corridor and Carbon Valley region, to the farmlands of Brighton, Hudson, and Keenesburg. United Power is also a founding member of the NextGen Cooperative Alliance, which is dedicated to expanding the power supply and procurement options available to distribution co-ops and reforming the traditional generation and transmission business model. For more information about United Power, visit www.unitedpower.com or follow the cooperative on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.###
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United Power Files with PUC for Tri-State Exit Price
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Wednesday | November 6, 2019
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Cooperative Seeks More Renewable Energy, Lower Costs
United Power, a member-owned electric cooperative serving Colorado’s northern front range, has been investigating its power supply options with Tri-State Generation & Transmission over the last several years, as is the fiduciary responsibility to its member-owners. As part of its investigation, United Power filed a request for the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to exercise its authority to establish a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory exit charge from Tri-State Generation & Transmission. Tri-State is a cooperative generation and transmission association headquartered in Westminster, Colorado which provides wholesale power to 40 utilities across four states, including United Power.
“United Power members deserve clean, affordable energy and we have an obligation as a cooperative to look out for the financial interests of our member-owners. We have been working for the last few years on solutions with Tri-State that would allow the co-op the flexibility to add local resources, or purchase lower cost power from other sources,” said John Parker, Chief Executive Officer for United Power. “Conversations regarding our power agreement with Tri-State have stalled and the cooperative is seeking out all possible alternatives to build in rate reductions and offer more renewable options to our energy mix.”
Power purchase agreements with Tri-State limit the purchase of additional power by United Power to just five percent of total power requirements. United Power, along with several other cooperatives, championed a bylaw change that would allow Tri-State member cooperatives to enter into partial requirement contracts. These new partial requirement contracts are an essential component of any successful plan to de-carbonize Colorado electricity generation consistent with Colorado state policy objectives by reducing United Power’s reliance on Tri-State’s high-priced, carbon-intensive power mix. Not only that, they would allow the cooperative to better meet demands for local renewable energy projects, and ultimately reduce costs for United Power members. Since the resolution was passed earlier this year, the two parties have been unable to come to agreements on proposed solutions, and recently Tri-State placed a moratorium on all partial power and buy-out conversations until mid-2020.
“By not allowing United Power to move forward in a timely manner to seek additional energy sources, Tri-State is effectively holding this cooperative and our members hostage,” said Parker. “We are seeking partial requirements and/or buy-out solutions that are in the financial interests of the Tri-State cooperative family, and mutually beneficial to the ratepayers we serve. A full disclosure of a fair and just exit package is the information United Power needs to evaluate and ultimately make effective choices for our members.”
Colorado’s Public Utilities Law gives the Commission broad jurisdiction over public utilities like Tri-State, thus United Power has asked for their intervention to obtain a fair exit price and pricing methodology from Tri-State.
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Read more >
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United Power Hosts Annual Meeting on April 15
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Thursday | April 16, 2026
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Meeting highlights include Director Election results, local energy strategy, and New ERA grant update.
Meeting Highlights include Director Election Results, Local Energy Strategy, and New ERA Grant UpdateBrighton, CO – United Power members gathered for the cooperative’s 2026 Annual Meeting on April 15 at Riverdale Regional Park in Brighton. More than 500 members and guests attended this year’s meeting, which included a video presentation highlighting the co-op’s 2025 accomplishments, the annual financial report, and a special presentation from United Power President and CEO Mark A. Gabriel. Results of the Director Election were announced at the conclusion of the meeting.
Voting in the Director Election was conducted via mail-in and electronic balloting. More than 4,700 member ballots were cast in the election. Running unopposed, South District incumbent Steven Douglas and Mountain District incumbent Tamra K. Waltemath retained their seats with each candidate receiving 3,996 votes. North District incumbent Virginia A. “Ginny” Buczek retained her seat with 2,496 votes. Her opponent Phil Tiffany received 2,110 votes. A new director was seated in the Central District, where Lisa Hough received 2,733 votes to challenger Vicki Erickson’s 1,797 votes. A ballot item that asked members to update the cooperative’s Articles of Incorporation to ensure they are clear, transparent, and consistent with current state laws and the cooperative’s bylaws passed with 3,635 votes in favor.
Board Chair Stephen Whiteside and Mark A. Gabriel shared a video presentation at the meeting highlighting how The Power of Local impacts the cooperative’s decision making and its everyday operations. Two years ago, United Power exited its wholesale power contract beginning its journey to energy independence. The cooperative is actively implementing its local energy strategy, known as hyper-localization, where more power is generated closer to the cooperative’s footprint and the communities it serves. Local energy also bypasses costly and congested transmission. The strategy was highlighted last year in the second version of the co-op’s long-term action plan, Our Cooperative Roadmap.
“One of the most significant changes in United Power’s history was our transition to a new power supply strategy,” said Whiteside. “When we moved away from a single provider, we gained more local control over where our power comes from and our ability to plan for the future.”
“Independence provides the cooperative with flexibility to build a diverse energy portfolio that protects reliability and helps keep long-term costs in check,” Gabriel said. “This includes an expanding catalog of hyper-local projects, like Mountain Peak Power, which was energized last summer in partnership with Kindle Energy. This innovative natural gas peaking plant is strategically located outside Keenesburg adjacent to gas lines, making it an efficient and cost-effective resource during peak demand events. Also, because it is located near a substation connected to a battery energy storage system (BESS), it will reduce costs and increase reliability for our members.”
United Power became one of the first electric utilities in the country to install BESS adjacent to its substations in 2024. These projects support the cooperative’s hyper-local strategy and are critical for resource adequacy, energy arbitrage opportunities, and shaving peak demand.
“Resources like Mountain Peak Power help ensure we have power when we need it most, right here at home,” said Whiteside. “It is another example of how investing locally supports reliability, flexibility, and long-term value for our members.”
Gabriel also shared that this week, the cooperative was the first awardee of 15 to receive funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. The grant award, which will be paid over the next 10 to 15 years, will be used to help mitigate the rising cost of power and to stabilize rates for cooperative members. In September 2025, the agency confirmed that United Power was the first cooperative to submit and receive approval of its Community Benefit Plan Implementation Report, which was a condition to receive funds related to four energy projects already operating for the benefit of United Power communities. Three additional New ERA projects will come online by the end of 2029. United Power will continue investing in local communities, and fulfilling the cooperative’s commitments to advancing workforce development, access to energy assistance, support for rural farmers, and more.
“Simply put, just as we are securing new energy resources to support our membership, we are also ensuring the benefits of New ERA related to new jobs, reliability, and long-term affordability stay in our communities,” said Whiteside.
“We would like to extend a special thank you to our Congressional delegation, including Reps. Gabe Evans and Lauren Boebert as well as Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet, for their support,” said Gabriel. “It has been a long road, but our amazing staff and the USDA staff made it happen.”
Paige Wagner-Maul, United Power Board Assistant Secretary/Treasurer, presented the cooperative’s financial report. Fiscal year 2025 marked United Power’s first full year of independence from its former single-source wholesale power contract, highlighted by the cooperative’s “A - Stable” investor-grade credit rating being affirmed by Fitch Ratings. This rating indicates a strong and stable financial outlook and will allow the co-op to pursue favorable interest rates as it continues to invest in its system.
Although margins decreased slightly, energy sales and revenue increased last year. Notably, certain aspects of the co-op’s May 2024 wholesale power contract buyout were determined in the co-op’s favor in 2025, lowering wholesale power costs and offsetting costs to the membership.
Gabriel concluded the meeting with a presentation about how United Power is taking a proactive position in an industry undergoing dramatic change. New technologies and projects are under development that promise to deliver answers to existing challenges, but the cooperative cannot afford to wait. Gabriel highlighted some expectations about United Power’s future energy demands and its strategy to address them.
“The future will not be defined by those who sit idle,” Gabriel said. “It will be shaped by those who act. United Power is doing exactly that. Planning strategically, investing wisely, and keeping our members at the center of every decision.”
Videos and information presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting, including the cooperative’s 2025 Annual Report, are available at www.unitedpower.com.
About United PowerUnited Power is a member-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperative, delivering electricity to homes, farms, and businesses throughout Colorado’s northern front range. The cooperative is one of the fastest-growing electric co-ops in the nation, serving nearly 118,000 meters. Its 900-square mile service territory extends from the mountains of Coal Creek and Golden Gate Canyon, along the I-25 corridor and Carbon Valley region, to the farmlands of Brighton, Hudson, and Keenesburg. For more information about United Power, visit www.unitedpower.com or follow the cooperative on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.###VIDEO: 2025 United Power Chair & CEO ReportTRANSCRIPT: United Power President & CEO Mark A. Gabriel’s 2026 Annual Meeting presentation
