Starting this month, Glenwood Springs residents are paying 12% more for their electricity. The City of Glenwood Springs buys power from publicly owned Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, or MEAN, and the co-op gets most of its energy from coal power plants. Andrew Ross is Manager of Engineering for MEAN, and he says the co-op had to increase its rates for several reasons. One of them is complying with nation-wide rules to shift away from coal power. Ross talks with APR’s Elise Thatcher.
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Longer version of APR's interview with Andrew Ross, Manager of Engineering for Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN).
Note: Aspen also buys power from MEAN, and representatives from both municipalities are on the co-op's board.