Holcomb Station Expansion

In August 2005, Sunflower and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association announced that an agreement had been signed resulting in Tri-State's purchase of two of the new Holcomb plants. On May 4, 2009 a compromise was struck that would allow one 895-megawatt coal plant to be constructed.

Sunflower has made available the results of an economic impact study that describes the short and long-term benefits that would have resulted from the construction of the original plants. For more information concerning the compromise deal, visit the Holcomb Expansion website.

About Sunflower

Sunflower Electric Power Corporation is a regional wholesale power supplier that, in conjunction with Mid-Kansas Electric Company, LLC, owns and operates a 1,275 MW system of gas and coal-fired generating plants and a 2,312-mile transmission system for the needs of its six Member cooperatives who serve customers in 55 central and western Kansas counties and provide the wholesale power supply to 33 communities with 48,000 meters. Sunflower also provides power to regional utilities in western Kansas and in ten states. Visit Sunflower’s website at www.sunflower.net.

Sunflower is owned by its six Member systems: Lane-Scott Electric Cooperative, Inc., Dighton; Pioneer Electric Cooperative, Inc., Ulysses; Prairie Land Electric Cooperative, Inc., Norton; Victory Electric Cooperative Association, Inc., Dodge City; Western Cooperative Electric Association, Inc., WaKeeney; and Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc., Scott City.

Sunflower Contact: Cindy Hertel - (785) 623-3341 chertel@sunflower.net

About Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc.

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is a wholesale electric power supplier owned by the 44 electric cooperatives that it serves. Tri-State generates and transports electricity to its Member systems throughout a 250,000 square-mile service territory across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming. Serving more than 1.5 million consumers, Tri-State was founded in 1952 by its Member systems to provide a reliable, cost-based supply of electricity. Visit Tri-State’s website at: www.tristate.coop

Tri-State Contact: Lee Boughey (303) 254-3555 - lboughey@tristate.coop

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