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Reporte: Empresa de Servicio Público "Tri-State" debería alejarse más de su Viejo Amigo el Carbón

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008   

Albuquerque, NM – La empresa gigante Tri-State que da servicio a la mayoría de las cooperativas de electricidad en Nuevo México debería de reconsiderar sus planes de construir otra planta de electricidad de carbón para lidiar con el incremento en demanda de energía. Ellos proponen construir una nueva planta de electricidad de carbón cerca de la frontera entre Kansas y Colorado, la cual dice puede ser la planta más fiable y que proveería electricidad más barata para el consumidor.

Un reporte nuevo encuentra que la combinación de la probabilidad de nuevas restricciones a las emisiones de carbón bajo la nueva administración junto con la crisis económica puede dar paso a un incremento en el precio del costo de electricidad al consumidor. Tony Frank con la Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (Unión de Agricultores de las Montañas Rocosas) dice que Tri-State debería de tomar más en serio la producción de energía renovable, la cuál está sucediendo ya dentro de su área de servicio. Él dice que está creciendo el interés en producción local de energía eólica, solar y de las biomasas.

"De Pine Bluff en Wyoming hasta Tucumcari en Nuevo México, estamos viendo gran asistencia de personas a reuniones comunitarias en áreas rurales que quieren participar activamente en esto."

Dan McClendon administra la Delta-Montrose Electric Association (Asociación Eléctrica Delta-Monrose) en Colorado. Él dice que todas las cooperativas de energía eléctrica y sus miembros necesitan ayudar a que Tri-State cambie su enfoque de solo considerar el carbón.

"Esa es la fórmula que les ha funcionado en el pasado y creo que están buscando otras opciones, pero simplemente no saben que es lo que pueden hacer diferente de lo que han hecho en el pasado."

Este reporte se encuentra en la dirección www.innovestgroup.com



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