It also allows power from the Holcomb plant to be exported to electric cooperatives in Colorado and Texas.

Tri-State Generation supplies power to 44 electric cooperatives serving 1.5 million consumers spread across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming.

Electric cooperatives were established to provide electricity to rural America, and now make up the largest electric utility network in the nation.

Electric cooperatives distribute power for 75 percent of the U.S. land mass over 2.4 million miles of power lines.