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A Colorado-based electricity wholesaler that serves four states will borrow more than $100 million for upgrades to its transmission lines.
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc. was one of 46 rural energy providers to receive Agriculture Department loans announced Wednesday. Tri-State will borrow $102.5 million.
The Westminster-based company serves 44 electric cooperatives in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming. The cooperatives provide power for about 1.4 million people.
The USDA loans include about $4 million for High line Electric Association, which is based in Holyoke and serves customers in Colorado and Nebraska.
