Vegetation ManagementPrevent Outages & Fires, Keep Trees Away from Wires
The increased risk of fires is a growing concern. As your cooperative, United Power takes the growing threat of wildfires seriously. Our goal is the safety of our members and the protection of the communities they live in.
One of the leading fire risks is vegetation. To protect your power and your community, United Power is concentrating significant resources on clearing vegetation from power lines. This includes portions of our mountain territory that are heavily forested and locations along the plains where trees are encroaching on power lines or utility infrastructure.
Vegetation Management GrantsPartner with United Power to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Each year, United Power makes grants available to qualified nonprofit groups within the service territory to support vegetation management activities that reduce wildfire risks near the cooperative's facilities. This program complements United Power’s ongoing wildfire mitigation efforts and helps protect people, property, and critical electric infrastructure.
VendorsVendor Information
United Power contracts with vendors to provide products or services that allow United Power to perform reliably, efficiently and effectively throughout its various departments and service territory. Many products and services are acquired by issuing requests for proposals (RFPs) and requests for quotes (RFQs), which facilitates bidding processes to obtain quality services, products and supplies at favorable prices.
Business Interest Information
Vendors interested in working with United Power and to be considered for bidding on open requests should complete the business interest form below. Vendors who provide goods/services that do not require competitive bidding may also be contacted directly by a United Power representative.
Wildfire MitigationProactive. Prepared. Engaged.
The allure of Colorado's dense national forests and mountainous terrain also makes it susceptible to factors that increase the risk of wildfires. As your cooperative, United Power takes these growing threats seriously and has continuously engaged in progressive, proactive risk mitigation efforts to prevent the ignition and growth of wildfires due to its infrastructure, particularly within our Mountain Territory. Portions of Gilpin, Boulder, and Jefferson Counties reside within this part of our territory and include heavily forested parts of Golden Gate State Park and parts of both the Arapahoe and Roosevelt National Forests.
United Power has a formal Wildfire Mitigation Plan in place to protect United Power’s infrastructure and reduce the risk of fire ignitions. The plan is continuously evaluated to address the environmental, political, financial, and other factors that influence those risks. Our primary objective is safety; to protect lives and property by reducing the risk of a utility-involved wildfire.
Wildfire Mitigation Plan
Youth TripsDeveloping Tomorrow's Leaders
Each summer, United Power selects local youth within its service territory who stand out from among their peers to represent the cooperative for a week in the mountains of northwest Colorado at the Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp or on an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour. Students are able to build resumes, craft new friendships and develop important leadership skills to become leaders in their communities, school and among their peers. These youth trips also teach the youth the importance of cooperatives and the principles that govern them. United Power, along with other rural electric cooperatives in Colorado, are helping develop tomorrow's brightest leaders.
Deadline has passed for 2026 Youth Trips. Please check back soon for 2027 applications.
For more information, contact United Power.
100,000 Meter Celebration
Wednesday | July 14, 2021
United Power invites members to join us for our 100,000 Meter Open House celebration at the Carbon Valley Service Center on August 28.
Read more >
2017 Scholarship Recipients Announced
Friday | April 14, 2017
United Power proudly announces the 2017 Scholarship awards. Sixteen different scholarships are granted for a total of $18,500.
Read more >
2018 Director Election: Meet the Candidate Forums
Monday | February 5, 2018
Attend a Meet the Candidate Forum to learn more about each of the candidates vying to serve on the Board of Directors in the 2018 Director Election to be held on April 18th.
Read more >
2018 United Power Scholarship Recipients Announced
Wednesday | May 23, 2018
United Power proudly announces the 2018 Scholarship awards. Sixteen different scholarships were granted for a total of $18,500. United Power awards the scholarships each year to outstanding students served by the cooperative.
Read more >
2018: A Year in Review
Friday | January 25, 2019
United Power works tirelessly behind the scenes year after year to bring our members safe and reliable power and the tools they need to monitor and control usage patterns that could save them money.
Read more >
Vegetation ManagementPrevent Outages & Fires, Keep Trees Away from Wires
The increased risk of fires is a growing concern. As your cooperative, United Power takes the growing threat of wildfires seriously. Our goal is the safety of our members and the protection of the communities they live in.
One of the leading fire risks is vegetation. To protect your power and your community, United Power is concentrating significant resources on clearing vegetation from power lines. This includes portions of our mountain territory that are heavily forested and locations along the plains where trees are encroaching on power lines or utility infrastructure.
Vegetation Management GrantsPartner with United Power to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Each year, United Power makes grants available to qualified nonprofit groups within the service territory to support vegetation management activities that reduce wildfire risks near the cooperative's facilities. This program complements United Power’s ongoing wildfire mitigation efforts and helps protect people, property, and critical electric infrastructure.
VendorsVendor Information
United Power contracts with vendors to provide products or services that allow United Power to perform reliably, efficiently and effectively throughout its various departments and service territory. Many products and services are acquired by issuing requests for proposals (RFPs) and requests for quotes (RFQs), which facilitates bidding processes to obtain quality services, products and supplies at favorable prices.
Business Interest Information
Vendors interested in working with United Power and to be considered for bidding on open requests should complete the business interest form below. Vendors who provide goods/services that do not require competitive bidding may also be contacted directly by a United Power representative.
Wildfire MitigationProactive. Prepared. Engaged.
The allure of Colorado's dense national forests and mountainous terrain also makes it susceptible to factors that increase the risk of wildfires. As your cooperative, United Power takes these growing threats seriously and has continuously engaged in progressive, proactive risk mitigation efforts to prevent the ignition and growth of wildfires due to its infrastructure, particularly within our Mountain Territory. Portions of Gilpin, Boulder, and Jefferson Counties reside within this part of our territory and include heavily forested parts of Golden Gate State Park and parts of both the Arapahoe and Roosevelt National Forests.
United Power has a formal Wildfire Mitigation Plan in place to protect United Power’s infrastructure and reduce the risk of fire ignitions. The plan is continuously evaluated to address the environmental, political, financial, and other factors that influence those risks. Our primary objective is safety; to protect lives and property by reducing the risk of a utility-involved wildfire.
Wildfire Mitigation Plan
Youth TripsDeveloping Tomorrow's Leaders
Each summer, United Power selects local youth within its service territory who stand out from among their peers to represent the cooperative for a week in the mountains of northwest Colorado at the Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp or on an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. for the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour. Students are able to build resumes, craft new friendships and develop important leadership skills to become leaders in their communities, school and among their peers. These youth trips also teach the youth the importance of cooperatives and the principles that govern them. United Power, along with other rural electric cooperatives in Colorado, are helping develop tomorrow's brightest leaders.
Deadline has passed for 2026 Youth Trips. Please check back soon for 2027 applications.
For more information, contact United Power.
100,000 Meter Celebration
Wednesday | July 14, 2021
United Power invites members to join us for our 100,000 Meter Open House celebration at the Carbon Valley Service Center on August 28.
Read more >
2017 Scholarship Recipients Announced
Friday | April 14, 2017
United Power proudly announces the 2017 Scholarship awards. Sixteen different scholarships are granted for a total of $18,500.
Read more >
2018 Director Election: Meet the Candidate Forums
Monday | February 5, 2018
Attend a Meet the Candidate Forum to learn more about each of the candidates vying to serve on the Board of Directors in the 2018 Director Election to be held on April 18th.
Read more >
2018 United Power Scholarship Recipients Announced
Wednesday | May 23, 2018
United Power proudly announces the 2018 Scholarship awards. Sixteen different scholarships were granted for a total of $18,500. United Power awards the scholarships each year to outstanding students served by the cooperative.
Read more >
2018: A Year in Review
Friday | January 25, 2019
United Power works tirelessly behind the scenes year after year to bring our members safe and reliable power and the tools they need to monitor and control usage patterns that could save them money.
Read more >
