Platte River Power
Authority is a not-for-profit utility that generates and delivers reliable,
low-cost and environmentally responsible electricity
to its owner communities of Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland,
Colorado, where it is distributed by each municipal utility to residents
and businesses.
Platte River's Headquarters
is located in Fort Collins and its generation and transmission facilities
are located along Colorado's
Front Range, in northwestern Colorado and near Cheyenne and Medicine
Bow, Wyoming.
The Organic
Contract is an agreement between the four Member Municipalities. The Organic
Contract creates Platte River Power Authority and sets forth its purposes,
functions and system of governance. Platte River Power Authority has
a Power Supply Agreement with each of the Member Municipalities. These
agreements are functionally identical with the exception of the attachment
addressing joint use infrastructure. The Organic Contract and the Power
Supply Agreements have concurrent terms through 2050.
Platte River and
its member municipal utilities are members of the American Public Power
Association, an organization that represents over 2,000
community-owned electricity providers serving over 20 million customers
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