DMEA’s exit follows a 2019 settlement agreement between Tri-State and the utility, and doesn’t mean other electric providers are closer to exiting the G&T provider’s service. But the dollar amounts involved do provide a useful data point, officials said.
“The exit charge provided to DMEA gives us one more piece of information to help determine the feasibility of doing something similar at LPEA,” La Plata CEO Jessica Matlock said in a statement to Utility Dive.