- Participated in GCEA’s Climate Change Coalition quarterly meetings made up of GCEA staff and board members, local government, educators, other environmentally conscious organizations and Vail Resorts. Due to our persistent reaching out to GCEA, GVC³ was a catalyst for the creation of their own climate organization in June of ‘20. GCEA’s coalition focuses on building local renewable energy installations. Some of their clean energy projects are underway and some are on the drawing board. These include Sunshine Park solar garden (formerly Avalanche Park) and XXX. It also includes discussion of Tri-State’s renewable energy portfolio. GCEA’s clean energy projects work to achieve local generation of renewables are limited by Tri-State to just 7% of GCEA’s energy demand. Thus, combined with Tri-State’s pledge of 70% renewables by 2030, when GCEA builds its allowed 7% renewable energy installations, ultimately GCEA member/customers will be receiving 72% clean electric energy at the end of this decade.
- Regular participation in GCEA board meetings
- Attended and commented at the GCEA Annual Meetings, June ’21 and ’22.
- Signed-up approximately 50+ GCEA member/customers to lease electric power from GCEA’s solar gardens. We also successfully promoted the sign-up of 45 members who are on the waiting list for a total of 146 solar panels.
- Nominated Darcie Perkins as a candidate for the GCEA board. Darcie now sits on the board of GCEA, speaking up for the importance of renewable energy.
- Initiated GCEA’s economic evaluation and analysis of a Tri-State buyout/partial buyout. Conclusion to date: Tri-State can likely provide our electricity more economically than GCEA could on its own. Our efforts now will be to promote even greater percentages of clean energy within Tri-State’s portfolio.
- Scheduled our annual Climate March and Rally concurrently with GCEA’s “Brats and Kilowatts” event. This enabled our reaching out to GCEA members and promoting the purchase of the electric appliances and using GCEA’s rebates to do so.
