I’m either confused or this community needs to provide direction to our La Plata Electric Association’s representative to TriState, Kohler McInnis.
As LPEA’s representative on the TriState Board, he voted to not recommend LPEA’s request for an additional 5 percent of locally generated power. This occurred in spite of the fact that he and the entire LPEA board had voted to make this request of TriState.
That is, McInnis voted against his own recommendation and against the interests of his constituents. TriState is a co-op whose 43 members are co-ops, one of which is LPEA. TriState is supposed to exist for the benefit of its member co-ops.
What message are we sending to TriState when our own LPEA representative voted against our proposal? I have presumed that our LPEA representative to TriState would represent our interests, as would the other 42 co-op representatives to the TriState Board. Am I wrong?
The LPEA board of directors needs to revisit the issue of fiduciary duty to LPEA’s owner/members. Our representative needs to be able to work for our best interests as owners of LPEA.
Kim Martin
Hesperus
