ScholarshipsUnited Power Scholarship Program
United Power proudly supports the educational goals of students served by the cooperative with an annual scholarship program. This year, the cooperative will award a combined $35,500 in cooperative scholarships for post-secondary and vocational education programs, and two $7,500 lineworker scholarship awards to students pursuing a career as a utility lineworker.
Please refer to the Cooperative Scholarships and Lineworker Scholarship program details below for complete qualifications and the online scholarship application.
For more information, contact United Power.
Service AreaOur Service Area
United Power serves more than 118,000 meters across 900 square miles, broken into two noncontiguous areas - the plains northeast of Denver and two historic mountain canyons. The cooperative occupies the smallest geographic footprint of any Colorado cooperative, but serves the second-highest meter count and largest load.
The service area has not always looked the way it does today. The cooperative extended electric service to the Golden Gate and Coal Creek Canyons in the 1940s and swapped the land where Denver International Airport sits with Xcel in exchange for the Carbon Valley area in the late 1980s.
Service Installation GuideService Installation Guide
United Power’s Service Installation Guide Standard for Electric Installation and Use document is intended for members, developers, electricians, and customers to review and gain an understanding of United Power’s standard operating practice. This document contains the requirements and standards necessary for both our members and United Power to safely and efficiently provide reliable electric power and outstanding service to our members. This document speaks specifically to the installation, rules for providing service and quality of service issues. We have attempted to ensure that all the standards are in compliance with the National Electrical Code, The National Electrical Safety Code, and accepted industry practice.
New, rewired, altered, or repaired wiring installations intended for connection to United Power’s distribution system shall comply with the standards of United Power, the National Electrical Code and any other codes or regulations in effect in the area served. United Power does not assume the function of inspecting members’ wiring for adequacy, safety or compliance with electrical codes. Such responsibility to coordinate the inspection remains with the member and inspectors.
Questions concerning large and/or complicated electrical projects should be directed to a United Power Project Coordinator in advance of construction and/or purchase of equipment. This will reduce the risk of project delays or expensive changes during construction.
To download the current version of the Service Installation Guide, please enter your name and email address below and complete the verification. After clicking on the ‘submit’ button, you will be redirected to a page with the download link.
Small Business Energy TipsEnergy may be one of the largest and most unpredictable expenses for any small business owner.
Finding quick, easy and sometimes innovative ways to reduce your energy consumption can help make your energy bills a little more predictable and a lot more controllable. So how do you get started? Below you'll find energy efficiency tips and ideas and available programs to help get you kick start your energy savings goals.
Smart ThermostatThis rebate program has been discontinued for 2025.Members who enrolled in Smart Rewards AND purchased a qualifying smart thermostat on or before Dec. 31, 2024 still qualify for the rebate. Rebate applications must be submitted within 90 days of purchase.
SmartHub Usage ExplorerView Your Energy Usage
Your energy usage history is available to view for free on the cooperative's online portal, SmartHub, through the Usage Explorer. The Usage Explorer features several dynamic and detailed usage tools conveniently located in the same portal where members view and pay bills and manage contact information.
View and export detailed energy usage data, including 15-minute intervals up to eight hours prior to the current time.
Track energy usage history across days, months, billing cycles, and more.
View unbilled consumption history to track how your upcoming billing statements will look and compare your usage across cycles.
See how energy behavior changes impact your consumption and demand.
Members with rooftop solar can view their production and net metering data alongside their usage history.
Solar & Storage ConnectionInverter-Based Generation Facility No Larger than 25 kW
Through an interconnection agreement, United Power members can connect their independently-owned renewable energy generation systems or battery storage systems directly to the cooperative's distribution system. At this time, United Power does not offer a rebate for new system installations.
To interconnect to the distribution system a member must complete the corresponding application and follow all requirements associated with that system. In addition, members will be required to sign the United Power Interconnection Terms and Conditions.
Qualifying Generation Facilities
For more information about the process to connect a Qualifying Generation Facility to the cooperative distribution system, please click here.
Solar & Your BillThe Grid and Your Solar System
By installing solar panels at your service location, you become an independent generator of electricity. You can connect your member-owned energy resource to the United Power grid through a process called net metering. Net metering comes with the benefits of grid access to send excess energy back to United Power when your system produces more power than you use, and the convenience of co-op power when your system is not generating enough energy for your needs.
As a net metered customer, you can be a net-user, a net-generator, or you can be completely reliant on the United Power system for your power — all depending on the production of your system.
SponsorshipsUnited Power sponsors numerous events and activities in our territory.
This public presence is one of the many ways we show our commitment to the communities we serve. If you are hosting an event in United Power's service area, and would like to have it considered for sponsorship from United Power please send us a letter outlining the event.
Include information about location, date, sponsoring entity, number of people expected to attend, etc. When possible please use the sponsoring organizations’ letterhead for the request.
Provide us with sponsorship levels, and tell us how United Power’s name and/or logo will be used during this event. If the sponsorship includes an ad or banner, please include information necessary to meet these requirements.
Be certain to include a contact name and phone number, and a mailing address for the check.
If United Power sponsored the event the previous year, please include the amount of the previous sponsorship.
E-mail the request or send by mail to:
United Power
Attn: Communication & Marketing
500 Cooperative Way
Brighton, CO 80603
Payment for sponsorships can take up to one month after the request has been approved, so please plan accordingly and send sponsorship requests as early as possible.
Please note that United Power does not provide any “individual” sponsorship, such as trip payments for student programs, or sponsorships for beauty pageants.
Start, Transfer or Stop Service
United Power is proud of its reliable service record, and we look forward to serving you.
Please allow up to three days to process new or transfer service requests. If you have any issues or need same-day service activation, please contact a Member Services Representative via e-mail or call 303-637-1300.
New Construction: To start service on a new construction project, click here.
Temporary Service Disconnection: To request a temporary service or meter disconnection, click here.
ScholarshipsUnited Power Scholarship Program
United Power proudly supports the educational goals of students served by the cooperative with an annual scholarship program. This year, the cooperative will award a combined $35,500 in cooperative scholarships for post-secondary and vocational education programs, and two $7,500 lineworker scholarship awards to students pursuing a career as a utility lineworker.
Please refer to the Cooperative Scholarships and Lineworker Scholarship program details below for complete qualifications and the online scholarship application.
For more information, contact United Power.
Service AreaOur Service Area
United Power serves more than 118,000 meters across 900 square miles, broken into two noncontiguous areas - the plains northeast of Denver and two historic mountain canyons. The cooperative occupies the smallest geographic footprint of any Colorado cooperative, but serves the second-highest meter count and largest load.
The service area has not always looked the way it does today. The cooperative extended electric service to the Golden Gate and Coal Creek Canyons in the 1940s and swapped the land where Denver International Airport sits with Xcel in exchange for the Carbon Valley area in the late 1980s.
Service Installation GuideService Installation Guide
United Power’s Service Installation Guide Standard for Electric Installation and Use document is intended for members, developers, electricians, and customers to review and gain an understanding of United Power’s standard operating practice. This document contains the requirements and standards necessary for both our members and United Power to safely and efficiently provide reliable electric power and outstanding service to our members. This document speaks specifically to the installation, rules for providing service and quality of service issues. We have attempted to ensure that all the standards are in compliance with the National Electrical Code, The National Electrical Safety Code, and accepted industry practice.
New, rewired, altered, or repaired wiring installations intended for connection to United Power’s distribution system shall comply with the standards of United Power, the National Electrical Code and any other codes or regulations in effect in the area served. United Power does not assume the function of inspecting members’ wiring for adequacy, safety or compliance with electrical codes. Such responsibility to coordinate the inspection remains with the member and inspectors.
Questions concerning large and/or complicated electrical projects should be directed to a United Power Project Coordinator in advance of construction and/or purchase of equipment. This will reduce the risk of project delays or expensive changes during construction.
To download the current version of the Service Installation Guide, please enter your name and email address below and complete the verification. After clicking on the ‘submit’ button, you will be redirected to a page with the download link.
Small Business Energy TipsEnergy may be one of the largest and most unpredictable expenses for any small business owner.
Finding quick, easy and sometimes innovative ways to reduce your energy consumption can help make your energy bills a little more predictable and a lot more controllable. So how do you get started? Below you'll find energy efficiency tips and ideas and available programs to help get you kick start your energy savings goals.
Smart ThermostatThis rebate program has been discontinued for 2025.Members who enrolled in Smart Rewards AND purchased a qualifying smart thermostat on or before Dec. 31, 2024 still qualify for the rebate. Rebate applications must be submitted within 90 days of purchase.
SmartHub Usage ExplorerView Your Energy Usage
Your energy usage history is available to view for free on the cooperative's online portal, SmartHub, through the Usage Explorer. The Usage Explorer features several dynamic and detailed usage tools conveniently located in the same portal where members view and pay bills and manage contact information.
View and export detailed energy usage data, including 15-minute intervals up to eight hours prior to the current time.
Track energy usage history across days, months, billing cycles, and more.
View unbilled consumption history to track how your upcoming billing statements will look and compare your usage across cycles.
See how energy behavior changes impact your consumption and demand.
Members with rooftop solar can view their production and net metering data alongside their usage history.
Solar & Storage ConnectionInverter-Based Generation Facility No Larger than 25 kW
Through an interconnection agreement, United Power members can connect their independently-owned renewable energy generation systems or battery storage systems directly to the cooperative's distribution system. At this time, United Power does not offer a rebate for new system installations.
To interconnect to the distribution system a member must complete the corresponding application and follow all requirements associated with that system. In addition, members will be required to sign the United Power Interconnection Terms and Conditions.
Qualifying Generation Facilities
For more information about the process to connect a Qualifying Generation Facility to the cooperative distribution system, please click here.
Solar & Your BillThe Grid and Your Solar System
By installing solar panels at your service location, you become an independent generator of electricity. You can connect your member-owned energy resource to the United Power grid through a process called net metering. Net metering comes with the benefits of grid access to send excess energy back to United Power when your system produces more power than you use, and the convenience of co-op power when your system is not generating enough energy for your needs.
As a net metered customer, you can be a net-user, a net-generator, or you can be completely reliant on the United Power system for your power — all depending on the production of your system.
SponsorshipsUnited Power sponsors numerous events and activities in our territory.
This public presence is one of the many ways we show our commitment to the communities we serve. If you are hosting an event in United Power's service area, and would like to have it considered for sponsorship from United Power please send us a letter outlining the event.
Include information about location, date, sponsoring entity, number of people expected to attend, etc. When possible please use the sponsoring organizations’ letterhead for the request.
Provide us with sponsorship levels, and tell us how United Power’s name and/or logo will be used during this event. If the sponsorship includes an ad or banner, please include information necessary to meet these requirements.
Be certain to include a contact name and phone number, and a mailing address for the check.
If United Power sponsored the event the previous year, please include the amount of the previous sponsorship.
E-mail the request or send by mail to:
United Power
Attn: Communication & Marketing
500 Cooperative Way
Brighton, CO 80603
Payment for sponsorships can take up to one month after the request has been approved, so please plan accordingly and send sponsorship requests as early as possible.
Please note that United Power does not provide any “individual” sponsorship, such as trip payments for student programs, or sponsorships for beauty pageants.
Start, Transfer or Stop Service
United Power is proud of its reliable service record, and we look forward to serving you.
Please allow up to three days to process new or transfer service requests. If you have any issues or need same-day service activation, please contact a Member Services Representative via e-mail or call 303-637-1300.
New Construction: To start service on a new construction project, click here.
Temporary Service Disconnection: To request a temporary service or meter disconnection, click here.
