Western Watts

If you could do one thing today to improve the lives of your grandchildren, or even great great grandchildren, what would you want it to be? For Tri-State G&T CEO Duane Highley, that thing is providing them with reliable, affordable and responsible power. In the final installment of his three-part interview, Duane discusses how the projects and decisions they’re making today

Join Tri-State's CEO for the second installment of his three-part interview to discuss something near and dear to his heart: reliability planning as it relates to increased demand, extreme weather and prehistoric reptilian monsters.All jokes aside, reliability is the driving force behind what Tri-State does for our members. Duane has been at the forefront of reliability planning an

Tim Rabon can do a lot of things well, but retiring is not one of them. Get to know the busiest retired man you’ll ever meet and hear what Tim does as Tri-State's Chairman of the Board. Tim also walks you through an easy-to-understand history of why cooperatives exist and how crucial they are to the rural way of life. The son of a World War Two veteran and life-long New Mexico ra

No one wants to hear the word wildfire -- except Curtis Hartenstine because he’s been working to mitigate their risk for most of his career. As the Wildfire Mitigation Program Manager at Tri-State G& T, the w-word has been a part of Curtis’ daily life for decades. In this episode of Western Watts, we dive into how Curtis’ deep love of the nature has taken him from working

Welcome to the first episode of Western Watts, Tri-State's new energy podcast! Who better to kick things off than our CEO Duane Highley? Duane joined Tri-State in 2019 and has almost four decades of experience with cooperatives, but this CEO is so much more than his resume. Learn about the French-horn-playing, motorcycle-riding, podcast-binging person behind the title and the beaut