1. 02/16/2024 - 12:01 PM
    Title LEGAL NOTICE: Official Posting of Nominations for Director by Petition /sites/default/files/styles/news_card_553x430_/public/images/BallotBox_Suit.jpg?h=d275fdd8&itok=sQF8SCcN Friday | February 16, 2024 Card Teaser Districts Mountain, North, Central, and South are up for three-year terms. OFFICIAL POSTING OF NOMINATIONS FOR DIRECTOR BY PETITION DATE OF NOTICE: February 16, 2024 The following persons have been nominated by petition and ruled as qualified by United Power’s all-volunteer, member led Qualifications and Election Oversight Committee to run for Director of United Power, Inc., in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of Members scheduled April 17, 2024. Districts Mountain, North, Central, and South are up for three-year terms.  2024 Director Candidates are as follows: Mountain District Stephen Whiteside (Incumbent)          North District Brian A. McCormick (Incumbent) Central District Tim Erickson (Incumbent) Paige Wagner-Maul South District Brad Case (Incumbent)                                 Bylaw Ballot Question The following question will appear on the 2024 ballot. A “yes” vote is a vote in favor of changing the bylaws, and a “no” vote is a vote against changing the bylaws. Members can view the cooperative’s current bylaws online at www.unitedpower.com/bylaws-rates-tariffs. Shall there be an amendment to Article 4, Section 4 of the Bylaws of United Power, Inc. to lengthen the term a Director holds office from three (3) years to four (4) years? This notice is posted pursuant to Article 4, Section 6 of the Bylaws of United Power, Inc. Posted: 2-16-2024      Cooperative Website  Brighton Headquarters  Carbon Valley Service Center Coal Creek Office   
  2. 09/25/2026 - 12:11 PM
    LEGAL NOTICE: Order Setting Hearing and Notice of Hearing Friday | September 25, 2026 United Power, Inc. orders that a hearing in this matter is set before the Board on Oct. 26, 2026. Read more >
  3. 06/09/2025 - 08:38 AM
    Title LEGAL NOTICE: United Power Bylaw Amendment Proposed /sites/default/files/styles/news_card_553x430_/public/news/Bylaw_Update.jpg?h=45932144&itok=ThxJM1f2 Friday | June 6, 2025 Card Teaser The Board of Directors proposes the following amendments to United Power's bylaws. NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO AMEND THE BYLAWS OF UNITED POWER, INC. NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS OF UNITED POWER, INC.  500 COOPERATIVE WAY, BRIGHTON, COLORADO 80603. The Board of Directors proposes to amend the Bylaws of United Power, Inc. (United Power) as follows:
    • Replace the word “nonprofit” with “not-for-profit” because there is a legal and operational distinction between the two types of organizations and United Power is a not-for-profit. This correction will align the cooperative’s governing documents with its IRS filing status, note purchase agreements, and related indenture agreements.
    • Include language that provides a deadline for a challenge to any election of directors. Notice of the deadline will provide guidance to members and staff on how to handle any challenges to an election. Clarity in the rules will improve the cooperative’s operational efficiency. 
    A complete redline of the proposed changes is available on the cooperative’s website at www.unitedpower.com, or members may obtain a hardcopy at any United Power office or via mail by calling 303-637-1300 and requesting that a copy be made available to them at the address on file with the cooperative. Pursuant to Article 11, Section 8 of the Bylaws of United Power Inc., you are hereby notified that the Board of Directors of United Power proposes to adopt the amendment(s) to United Power’s bylaws at a meeting of the Board to be held on August 27, 2025, unless a written petition is filed at United Power’s headquarters before close of business on August 25, 2025, signed by 100 or more members, protesting the proposed amendments. UNITED POWER, INC. By: /s/Elizabeth “Beth” Martin, Secretary of the Board
  4. 08/29/2024 - 11:36 AM
    LEGAL NOTICE: United Power Bylaw Proposed Amendment Thursday | August 29, 2024 The Board of Directors proposes the following amendments to United Power's bylaws. Read more >
  5. 08/23/2023 - 02:40 PM
    Title LEGAL NOTICE: United Power Bylaw Proposed Amendment /sites/default/files/styles/news_card_553x430_/public/news/Bylaw_Update.jpg?h=45932144&itok=ThxJM1f2 Wednesday | August 23, 2023 Card Teaser The Board of Directors proposes the following amendments to United Power's bylaws. NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO AMEND THE BYLAWS OF UNITED POWER, INC. DATE OF NOTICE: September 6, 2023 NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS OF UNITED POWER, INC., 500 COOPERATIVE WAY, BRIGHTON, COLORADO 80603. The Board of Directors Proposes to amend the Bylaws of United Power, Inc. as follows:
    • Housekeeping changes to keep titles, terms, and wording consistent throughout the document, clarifies the intent of vague bylaw language, and removes obsolete language.
    • Changes to the bylaws where they are inconsistent with current Colorado State Statutes.
    • Removes the descriptions of director district boundaries and replaces it with guidelines and procedures for potential redistricting as outlined.
    • Updates and clarifications to the Director election process.
    A complete redline of the proposed changes is available on the cooperative’s website at www.unitedpower.com, or members may obtain a hardcopy at any United Power office, or via mail by calling 303-637-1300 and requesting that a copy be mailed to them at the address on file with the cooperative. Pursuant to Article 11.08 of the Bylaws of United Power Inc., you are hereby notified that the Board of Directors of United Power, Inc. proposes to adopt the following amendment(s) to United Power’s bylaws at a meeting of the Board to be held on October 25, 2023, unless a written petition is filed at United Power’s headquarters before the date of said meeting, signed by the lesser of five (5%) percent or 50 or more Members, protesting the proposed amendments.  UNITED POWER, INC. By: /s/Tamra Waltemath, Secretary of the Board  
  6. 04/29/2019 - 04:25 PM
    Lineman Appreciation Day: A Lineman’s Responsibility is Never-Ending Thursday | April 18, 2019 Today is National Lineman Appreciation Day, celebrated each year on April 18 to pay homage to the men and women who put themselves in harm’s way to keep the lights on. Read more >
  7. 07/29/2019 - 06:00 AM
    Title Lineman Going Back to Guatemala /sites/default/files/styles/news_card_553x430_/public/news/JulyAug2019_NL_Guatemala.jpg?itok=oP6BY7ff Tuesday | July 23, 2019 Card Teaser Kelly Snow has been selected to return later this summer as part of a crew of to provide power to the village of Sillab.  For the second time in as many years, United Power lineman Kelly Snow will represent the cooperative in Guatemala. Snow has been selected to return later this summer as part of a crew of 20 linemen from Colorado and Oklahoma to provide power to yet another isolated jungle village.  This past summer, Snow spent three weeks near Playa Grande setting poles, stringing line and hanging transformers to provide power to residents in two remote jungle villages for the first time.  “It’s really an honor to be invited back,” Snow said. “Most of us have never had to go more than a day without electricity and the benefits it provides. These villages have never had that experience.” Sillab, the village they’ll be energizing in October, is located in the mountainous jungles of north central Guatemala. Sillab is home to approximately 60 households, one elementary school and four churches, none of which have known the benefits of reliable and affordable electricity.  While much of the work will be the same, the terrain presents a new difficulty for Snow and his fellow linemen. Crews will have to overcome harsh conditions in order to string electric line more than six miles to Sillab, including dense jungle foliage, mountainous terrain, frequent rain and high humidity.  Harsh conditions and grueling manual labor contributed to fatigue and dehydration in the relatively flatter areas of Playa Grande.  “You don’t quickly forget the experience of working in the rain and humidity,” Snow said. “But steep inclines add another level of safety we’ll have to prepare for and pay careful attention to during the project.” In Playa Grande, long days seemed longer without access to major equipment, a condition that will also worsen in Sillab.  With a few spare linemen and some light equipment, the utility near Playa Grande was able to provide a little help. The utility and power supplier near Sillab have only one lineman each and no equipment.  “It will be tough, physical labor,” Snow said, “but I’m proud to be a part of it. At the end of the day, if you can be proud of what you did, the pain and the challenge is worth it.” For more than 80 years, electric cooperatives have been helping small, rural communities across the country thrive. It’s one of the seven cooperative principles: concern for community. With the help of NRECA International, cooperatives have been able to take that mission global, providing millions of small communities with the gift of electricity.  “This is why we were founded – bringing power to rural America,” Snow said. “The impact electricity makes on one of these villages is tangible and opens up doors to future possibilities.”
  8. 01/24/2019 - 09:32 AM
    Title Linemen Provide Opportunity to Guatemalan Villages /sites/default/files/styles/news_card_553x430_/public/news/Dec2018_NL_Guatemala.png?itok=JuLGbFMN Monday | December 3, 2018 Card Teaser In October, lights went on for the first time in two villages nestled deep in the jungles of northwest Guatemala. In October, lights went on for the first time in two villages nestled deep in the jungles of northwest Guatemala. After weeks of grueling manual labor in adverse conditions far from home, line crews from Oklahoma and Colorado completed work on a project to provide the villages of Pie del Cerro and Tierra Blanca Salinas the gift of electricity.  Between long days caused by the lack of major equipment and staving off dehydration brought on by dense jungle humidity, crews often returned to their rooms late in the evening exhausted – ready to do it again the next day.  “Nothing came easy,” United Power lineman Kelly Snow said. “We had to gut it out each and every day. But even on the worst days, everyone showed up and gave it their all. We came to accomplish something, and we did.” Line crews were stationed in the small city of Playa Grande, located roughly 300 miles from Guatemala City. Each morning, crews loaded into trucks and traversed dirt-packed and often jarring roads to the villages they’d be powering nearly an hour away.   Once there, work had to be completed without the use of specialized tools or mechanical equipment, and vehicles were to be used for transportation only.  Snow, who’s experienced the worst working conditions as a lineman in Colorado’s Front Range, said it’s hard to prepare for the difficulties of working in a third world country. “It’s like stepping back in time,” he said. “We talked to others who were on projects before us and looked at all the photos, but there are still elements of the unknown. It’s hot and humid the whole time; hard to stay hydrated.” Despite the harsh working conditions, crews were able to complete the first half of the project in just over a week – providing power to the first of the two villages – and the whole project on time. “I’m proud to have been a part of this project to provide power to these families and kids,” Snow said. “It gives these kids the chance to continue their studies, and maybe even opens the door for computers or cell phones one day.” Brief reprieves gave Snow and other linemen an opportunity to spend some time building relationships with villagers, playing games with the children and exploring the nearby jungle and lakes.  Above and beyond providing electricity, the crews were also able to gift each household with two-year water filters and each school with a laptop and wheelchair. “The Rural Electric Association was founded on the principal of bringing electricity to rural America,” Snow said just before the project. “It’s an inspiration to be a part of that foundation and spreading it to other countries.”
  9. 05/11/2020 - 11:09 AM
    Title Local Food Banks Receive Member Choice Grants /sites/default/files/styles/news_card_553x430_/public/news/MemberChoice.jpg?h=45932144&itok=xQRicKHr Monday | May 11, 2020 Card Teaser Nominations quickly began arriving, and it was clear members saw an immediate need to provide basic food supplies for their neighbors at this time. United Power introduced its new Member Choice Grants program earlier this year, asking members to nominate a nonprofit organization in its service territory they would like to see the cooperative help support. Within the service territory, several of these organizations exist to provide for the needs of individuals and families and bring value to the communities they serve. These grant nominations allow United Power to provide support for causes and organizations members truly care about. Nominations quickly began arriving, and it was clear members saw an immediate need to provide basic food supplies for their neighbors at this time. United Power is happy to announce the two organizations receiving the first $1,000 Member Choice Grants from the first round of nominations for 2020. Carbon Valley Help Center The Carbon Valley Help Center exists to help with the immediate needs of residents in their area, including food assistance and financial support. The grant will be used to help provide for the needs of its food pantry during the pandemic. Fort Lupton Food & Clothing Bank The mission of the Fort Lupton Food and Clothing Bank is to provide life sustaining food and clothing to people in need in and around the Fort Lupton community. Each year, the organization provides assistance to nearly 9,000 individuals. Nominations are now open for the second round of Member Choice Grants, which will be announced in the next United Newsline. To submit a nomination, fill out a Member Choice Grant application and provide a brief reason why you feel the organization should receive the grant.
  10. 05/30/2018 - 03:30 PM
    Title Looking for Kids to Help Spread Electrical Safety Messages /sites/default/files/styles/news_card_553x430_/public/news/2018_02_14_KidsSpreadSafetyMessages.jpg?itok=bupRuTbS Wednesday | February 14, 2018 Card Teaser United Power is enlisting the help of local children to create electrical safety posters that will be displayed for National Electrical Safety Month in May. United Power is enlisting the help of local children to create electrical safety posters that will be displayed for National Electrical Safety Month in May. Kids in grades kindergarten through fifth are invited to submit their creative ideas that incorporate electrical safety concepts or safety tips for the community. Winning posters will be used in May to commemorate National Electrical Safety Month—an annual, nationwide campaign to raise awareness about electrical hazards. Six winning designs will be selected, one from each grade. Winning posters will be displayed throughout the United Power service territory—in print, online and on select bus benches. The winner from each grade will also be awarded a $50 cash prize. The deadline for Electrical Safety Poster Contest entries is Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Posters must be submitted on the official coloring contest entry form, which is available at any United Power office, our website, and will be included in the February & March United Newsline, United Power’s monthly newsletter mailed directly to members. United Power employees will judge posters based on creativity and illustration of a key electrical safety concept.  Winners will be announced by Friday, March 30, 2018. Contest Details
    • Child must be a dependent of a United Power member.
    • Winners will receive $50 cash awards.
    • Six winners will be chosen. One from each grade K-5.
    • Winning posters will appear online, in print and on bus benches for the month May.
    • Entries must be submitted on the official contest entry form.
    • DEADLINE: MARCH 21, 2018
    Electrical Safety Tips
    • Stay away from powerlines & electrical equipment.
    • Use care when plugging & unplugging.
    • Never mix electricity & water.
    • Never stick toys or other objects into electrical outlets.
    • Don’t overload outlets.
    • Ask an adult for help ‑ you can never be too safe!
  11. 12/02/2025 - 08:47 AM
    Title Maintaining A Standard /sites/default/files/styles/news_card_553x430_/public/news/Mountains_Lines_1320x860.jpg?h=45932144&itok=eih0_DWa Wednesday | November 26, 2025 Card Teaser United Power consistently demonstrates excellence in system performance. Reliability Outperforms National Averages Year-Over-Year Members expect consistently reliable power from their electric utility. United Power has maintained a standard of excellence in system performance, delivering results that far exceed the national average year-over-year. The cooperative has continued to meet this standard while it navigated a power supply transition last year and is incorporating new, innovative projects that source and store power locally.  The cooperative’s exit from its wholesale power contract in May of 2024 meant bringing on new contracts from a mix of traditional and sustainable resources into the distribution system. Aside from celebrating United Power’s energy independence, the switch was successfully executed without any power disruptions, ensuring members can count on the cooperative to maintain its standards for reliability and resiliency across the distribution system. United Power has collected 18 months of data since the transition, demonstrating consistent system reliability. Measuring Reliability, By the Numbers Electric utilities use a variety of key performance indicators to measure how effectively and efficiently their systems are operating. The most common indicator is known as the System Average Interruption Duration Index, or SAIDI. United Power also tracks the System Average Interruption Frequency Index, or SAIFI. These indicators are among the many used by utilities to analyze system performance and calculate outage expectations for an average member.  SAIDI is the measurement of cumulative outage time (in minutes) an average member would expect to experience over the course of a year. The national average across all electric utilities was 131 minutes in 2024 and nearly 240 minutes for cooperatives, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). United Power’s SAIDI score has stayed below 80 minutes each of the past three years and is just above 60 minutes through September of this year. SAIFI measures the total number of outages an average member would expect to experience over the course of a year (frequency of outages experienced). United Power’s score of 0.90 in 2024 means the average meter experienced fewer than one outage throughout the year, again exceeding the national average across all electric utilities (1.07) and other cooperatives (1.61), per the EIA. Put another way, most United Power members were unlikely to experience more than one outage last year, and many did not experience an outage at all.  Another performance indicator used by utilities measures the system’s overall availability rate. The co-op’s three-year availability rate was between 98.8% and 99.9%.  “Our system’s performance is due to the great effort of our engineering and operations teams,” said Mark A. Gabriel, United Power’s President and CEO. “They are responsible for reviewing and interpreting data and developing strategies to improve the system. We are setting the standard for other utilities while meeting our members’ expectations.” Building a Better System United Power’s approach to maximizing system performance utilizes a comprehensive combination of design practices, proactive maintenance projects, and extensive integration of automated and smart field devices.  Outages are an intrinsic reality for electric utilities. United Power can mitigate them, but cannot guarantee they will not happen. Mitigation begins with building the system so that outages are recognized earlier, impact fewer members, and are restored quickly — and more importantly, safely. The cooperative designs the system with these steps in mind.  One of the ways this is accomplished is known as a “redundancy.” This essentially means that power can be rerouted from an alternate source to restore members during an outage while crews are investigating the cause or working on repairs. Most members are on a redundant system, which is part of why United Power’s average restoration times are also among the best in the country.  Another design strategy is “sectionalizing.” This means that when a fault results in an outage, depending on where it is located down the line, it may affect fewer members. Devices are installed in sections throughout the distribution system to limit outage impact.  United Power also deploys automated devices that collect system data. That information can help locate and clear faults to minimize outages and reduce restoration times or identify infrastructure that is not performing optimally and needs to be repaired. This data has been helpful in the cooperative’s maintenance plan, which proactively targets the worst-performing sections of the system to improve reliability and increase resiliency.  United Power outperforms other electric utilities across the various metrics used to evaluate system performance, but the cooperative regularly reviews emerging strategies and innovative technologies that can further improve reliability. Delivering safe and reliable power is the co-op’s core responsibility to members. You can be sure it is not taken lightly.
  12. 03/05/2026 - 12:56 PM
    Title March Message from Mark A. Gabriel /sites/default/files/styles/news_card_553x430_/public/news/Mountains_Lines_1320x860.jpg?h=45932144&itok=eih0_DWa Thursday | March 5, 2026 Card Teaser A message to United Power members from the cooperative's President & Chief Executive Officer. The Roman poet Virgil famously wrote, “time flies, never to be recalled.” But I am not so sure. We can look back and see the road United Power has traveled, even before my arrival five years ago. When I joined the cooperative in March of 2021, it was a very different time in many ways. Society was in the throes of a global pandemic and the economy was stalled due to uncertainty. And yet, the co-op was seeing some of the same conditions present today — continued growth in members and load, more variety in generation, more residential solar on homes, more electric vehicles on the roads, and the need for highly reliable electric service. The need for electricity was never greater than when we were all working from home instead of the office. United Power, a summer peaking utility, hit a peak of 520 megawatts (MW) in 2021 and a winter peak just below 400 MW. Last July, we set a peak of 680 MW. Even a warm winter day can now exceed 420 MW.  Our business model has also changed drastically. We had a single power supplier, and indirectly a single transmission provider, before our wholesale power supply contract exit in May 2024. Now we have 27 different power suppliers and three transmission providers. And critically, as required by Colorado law, we have dramatically reduced our carbon output with a blend of hydropower, renewable energy, battery storage, and natural gas. The number of members we serve is increasing, too. We had not yet hit 100,000 meters when I joined the cooperative, but as of this January we now have more than 117,000. United Power is serving a variety of residential, commercial, and industrial members, as well as oil and gas sites, all of which are growing in number and load. We are looking forward to BNSF Railway and Bandimere Speedway moving into our territory and, like many cooperatives across the country, are preparing for the coming of data centers. We have also added millions of square feet of warehousing and other industrial infrastructure. United Power is not growing in a vacuum. The rules under which we operate are changing. Discussions about bringing a regional transmission organization (RTO), commonly referred to as a market, to Colorado began in 2021. Now, this has become a reality. The cooperative will join the market in April. Participation in the RTO will not only help the 350,000 people we serve, but will also help nearly 2 million Coloradoans meet the state’s growing energy needs. It is critical that the legislation requiring all utilities to participate in the market by 2030 is enforced so that all residents receive the benefits.  We have moved forward with creative and valuable technologies in the last five years, and we are acting on the vision outlined in Our Cooperative Roadmap, now on version 2.0. United Power is a leader in distributed battery storage and opened Mountain Peak Power, a new natural gas plant in Keenesburg, in a record 20 months. We added a new outage management system and are preparing to deploy a new distributed energy resource management system that is a key pillar to making our distribution system operator vision a reality. These advances are built on a foundation the cooperative has established over its 87-year history of pioneering innovation and never being afraid to push the organization to new heights — advancing its supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system in the late 1980s, energizing the state’s first community solar project in 2009, becoming an early adopter of advanced meters in 2012, and connecting its first battery storage system in 2018. The Power of Local is at the heart of our actions here at United Power as we localize power options, system controls, and work with our communities. I am proud of the team I lead at United Power. They have made these accomplishments and many others possible with the support of your tremendous Board of Directors, that has not shied away from the challenge of positioning United Power for today and the future. As always, please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or comments.