service area

High Plains Power, Inc. is a member owned electric cooperative serving just over 12,300 customers in central Wyoming. High Plains has over 4,750 miles of powerline covering 10,000 square miles in parts of Fremont, Hot Springs, Washakie, Natrona, Carbon, Big Horn, Johnson and Park counties.

High Plains Power was formed in 1998 when the memberships of the former Riverton Valley Electric Association and Hot Springs Rural Electric Association voted to consolidate.

We are one of 44 member-owners of Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, our power supplier, of Denver, Colorado. High Plains is a member of the Wyoming Rural Electric Association, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and is also a member of a nationwide consortium of Touchstone Energy Cooperatives.

High Plains Power is headquartered in Riverton, Wyoming with branch offices in Thermopolis and Dubois and a service center in Casper, Wyoming.

Service Area Map

system statistics - 2007

• Workforce - 54 employees
• Meters - 12,272
• Energy Sales - 895 million kWh
• Assets - $76 million
• Annual Revenue - $51.2 million
• Operating Margin - $1,432,716
• Overhead distribution line - 3,938 miles
• Underground distribution line - 494 miles
• Transmission line - 321 miles
• Substations - 47

Where it Came From and Where it Went

The following two pie charts show how High Plains Power received its revenues and where the money went in expenses for 2007.

2007 Revenues

2007 Expenses

Capital Credits

As a cooperative we ultimately return these margins or capital credits to our member-owners. As the financial status of the co-op permits, the board of directors will decide to retire some of these capital credits by returning them to the members. Under current board policy, capital credits are being retired on a twenty-year rotation. This year High Plains Power retired $1,654,094 in capital credits that were allocated by Riverton Valley Electric in 1989-1990 and Hot Springs REA in 1992. Capital credit checks were mailed out on December 18, 2007.