Alison Dance understands the value of keeping money local. She advocates energy policy that enhances the local economy while delivering an affordable product. As a successful business owner, she is…
This year, the community is lucky to have two board candidates who are champions of renewable energy and local economic and environmental health. The Sustainability Alliance of Southwest Colorado endorses…
LPEA customers send $73 million out of our area every year to pay for our electricity. Think how our local economy would benefit from even 20 percent of that $73…
I ask District 4 voters to support Joe Wheeling. His dedication to the well-being of our community, his business sense and his integrity are major factors in how well he…
Durango’s electricity is generated mostly by the burning of coal in power plants that are far outside of the area. Thus we get the electricity while we largely do not…
I had a week off of work and decided to travel north to the Tianshan Mountains. I had heard stories of a high mountain lake where you could camp out…
However, since electricity is fungible and all those pesky electrons run around in the same wires, no matter their source, I’m a little confused how one can claim electricity from…
As a former county commissioner myself, I observed him when he was county commissioner as well as when he worked with our county airport, and he has always done a…
It is time we (the electorate) wake up! If we want integrity and balanced decision-making on our board, re-elect Joe Wheeling – who presently represents us on the Tri-State board,…
We are finally where Edison, father of modern electricity, predicted. Solar capacity has surged 418 percent since 2010. It is now cheaper to provide electricity from solar than from coal,…
I came to the realization years ago that that is not going to change in my lifetime! What concerns me more is the fact that the dialogue between the powers…
Tri-State is made up of 44 co-ops. It supplies LPEA with 95 percent of our electricity. LPEA purchases all its electricity; it does not produce any. About 70 percent of…
For the better part of a decade, Jeff met resistance from the majority of the old board and management of LPEA in adopting common-sense strategies to increase the use of…
Working side-by-side in a collaborative manner with existing board members, Kathy, Wayne and Patti will always place first and foremost the citizenry of DFPD, ensuring continued quality emergency services and…
We recently asked the voters to approve a mill-levy increase and promised that in 10 years we would retire our current debt and continue to provide the level of service…
Quoting from the website of Durango Discovery Museum: “In 1892, the Durango Light and Power Company embraced a fledgling technology known as AC power, the object of both marvel and…
Stuart argues that the same socioeconomic dynamics that existed in Chaco before its decline now, in his opinion, are extant in our society. Stuart writes: “This profound fact of an…
I kept hearing about Jeff Berman’s blog. So I decided to read up on it. He is an angry person. Why does he continue to trash everyone at LPEA. Normally…
The scientific consensus is clear that reducing greenhouse gases is the major challenge of our age if we want to have a promising future on Earth. It is a great…
Any updates regarding city annexation plans, management, archaeological work and an opening date would be deserving of Herald readers. At least this delay buys time for the stocked fish to…
In Alison Dance, we have such a person. She is a clear choice for local control of the La Plata Electric Association and the energy we use to propel ourselves…
I see the choices in this race and others as not being between “green” and “old school,” but between words and actions. Wheeling has the actions to back his words.…
If you attend LPEA monthly board meetings, you may see Bill’s opponent, Jeff Berman, as disruptive. In contrast, Bill is team-oriented and constructive. Jeff, in a recent letter to LPEA…
My wife and I live on County Road 213, just south of Home Depot. We own and hunt with Plott bear dogs. This breed is well-known in Appalachia for courage…
Let me lay out some facts. The Silverton Caldera is one of the most mineralized (metal-laden) areas on planet Earth. A “problem” exists because these naturally occurring metals have been…
