FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The lights went on in homes and businesses today in Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland when switches were flipped even though Platte River Power Authority's largest source of electricity is turned off. The Rawhide … Keep Reading

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has raised its rating on Platte River Power Authority's senior-lien power revenue bonds to 'AA' from 'AA-' and on its subordinate-lien bonds to 'AA-' from 'A+'. The outlook is stable. "This … Keep Reading

FORT COLLINS, Colorado - Platte River Power Authority has joined a key group of environmental leaders as a new member of the California Climate Action Registry (Registry). As a participant in the Registry, Platte River will voluntarily measure and report … Keep Reading

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Platte River Power Authority recently passed the $1 million mark in rebates paid to customers for upgrading to energy efficient air conditioners. Since the program began in 2002, Platte River has provided cash incentives to more … Keep Reading

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Platte River Power Authority and Clipper Windpower, Inc. have broken ground for Clipper's 2.5 megawatt (MW) Liberty Series wind turbine to be installed at Platte River's Medicine Bow Wind Project, located near Medicine Bow, Wyo. Platte … Keep Reading

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Platte River Power Authority's Board of Directors has taken a position opposed to Amendment 37, the Renewable Energy Initiative. Platte River is the community-owned supplier of electricity to the municipal utilities in Estes Park, Fort Collins, … Keep Reading

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Fitch Ratings upgraded Platte River Power Authority's long-term credit rating on its subordinate lien debt from 'AA-' to 'AA'. With this upgrade, both senior and subordinate lien debt hold 'AA' ratings. Brian Moeck, Platte River's general … Keep Reading

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Over the past couple of months, 14 American bison calves have been born at the Rawhide Energy Station. The first bison herd rumbled off the railcars at Rawhide twenty-one years ago as environmental ambassadors for Platte … Keep Reading

FORT COLLINS , Colo. - As the Picnic Rock fire ate its way up the foothills northwest of Fort Collins drawing local fire fighting resources away from their normal operations, Platte River's Emergency Response Team based at the Rawhide Energy … Keep Reading

FORT COLLINS , Colo. -- For the second year in a row, Platte River Power Authority's Rawhide Energy Station has been named the fifth cleanest coal-fired power plant in the nation based on sulphur dioxide (SO2) emission rates in an … Keep Reading