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February 2025 Member Connect Newsletter

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Every member has a voice—let yours be heard!

As a not-for-profit electric cooperative, we are governed by a Board of Directors comprised entirely of members like you! All members can vote this spring for two fellow members to serve four-year terms representing our Northern and Southern Districts. 

Interested in running for the Board?

  • The self-nomination period opens tomorrow, February 5
  • All candidate materials are due by April 3 

Save the Date for our 2025 Annual Meeting!

  • Thursday, June 5 at 5:00 p.m.
  • Buttermilk Mountain Lodge (at the base)

Supporting our next generation of local leaders.

We’re proud to offer several scholarship opportunities for local high school seniors graduating or receiving their GED this spring. Categories include:

  • “100×30” Clean Energy Future
  • Lineworker
  • First Generation College Student
  • Women in STEM
  • Trade School

Applications are due March 7. Anyone with financial need is encouraged to apply, including those from marginalized communities, minorities, first-generation college students, and women. Open to all residents of Eagle, Pitkin, and Garfield Counties—and Marble, too!

Learn more: 2025 scholarship opportunities >

Energy improvements to find your peace of mind.

Our local Energy Smart Colorado partners are here to make your home energy improvement experience simple and affordable. They’ll help you:

  • Get a home energy assessment to determine your home’s unique needs
  • Understand your most cost-effective improvements
  • Apply for cost-saving rebates based on your project, location, and income
  • Be more comfortable in your home, year-round

They can also help you find contractors and financing, estimate your potential savings, and track your actual savings after the work is complete.

The easiest way to get started? Contact your local partner:

  • Walking Mountains & ReEnergize Eagle County (Eagle Valley)
  • CORE (Roaring Fork Valley – now offering rebates for Garfield County, too!)
  • CLEER & ReEnergize Garfield County (Garfield County)

 

It's COLD! Here are some tips to stay warm, safely.

How cold was it last month? Cold enough to help us reach our system’s highest-ever moment of electricity demand on one cold night!

Luckily, our engineering and operations crews have built our system to withstand these extreme cold events when many of us were cranking the dials on our electric thermostats and pulling our old plug-in space heaters out of storage. 

We don’t recommend regularly using them, but if the need arises, here are a few easy things to remember for safely using a plug-in space heater:

  • Never leave a space heater unattended
  • Keep at least 3-feet from anything that can burn.
  • Always plug directly into a wall outlet (never into an extension cord or power strip)
  • Always place on a flat, level surface (never place on cabinets, tables, furniture, or carpet)

Stay scam aware, all year long.

Scammers never take time off. Whether by phone, email, text message, or even in person at your door, scammers often use common techniques to try to gain access to your personal or financial information.

  • We will never call you demanding immediate payment over the phone
  • We will never threaten you with immediate disconnection
  • We will never come to your house to demand payment

If anything seems off, always hang up and call us directly at 970.945.5491.

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