Platte River Power Authority delivers safe, reliable, environmentally responsible, and competitively priced energy and services to its owner municipalities of Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont, and Loveland, Colorado for their utility customers.
Headquarters:
Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado
Begun Operations:
1973
1973
Governance:
Platte River is governed by an eight-member board of directors comprised of each mayor or designee and a person appointed by each municipality’s governing body.
Platte River is governed by an eight-member board of directors comprised of each mayor or designee and a person appointed by each municipality’s governing body.
The Organization:
Platte River is a political subdivision of the State of Colorado.
Platte River is a political subdivision of the State of Colorado.
Employees (Dec. 31, 2015):
237
237
2015 Peak Municipal Demand:
639 MW
639 MW
Historical Peak Municipal Demand:
653 MW on June 25, 2012
653 MW on June 25, 2012
Summer Resource Capacity:
990 MW
990 MW
Transmission System:
Equipment in 26 substations, 258 miles of wholly owned and operated high-voltage lines, 511 miles of high-voltage lines jointly owned with other utilities.
Equipment in 26 substations, 258 miles of wholly owned and operated high-voltage lines, 511 miles of high-voltage lines jointly owned with other utilities.
