WEEK OF MAY 9, 2024
ROOM FOR MORE
$2
Local foster parents tells how their family went from three to eight P4
Electricity cooperatives changing energy markets United Power seeking more local control over the energy it sells
•In-door dining and large gatherings prohibited by new restrictions •A fundraiser to combat domestic abuse • Page 3
• Page 9
COVID-19
2 4 6 13 14 15
LOCAL
BY MARK JAFFE THE COLORADO SUN
LOCAL OPINION SPORTS LEGAL PUZZLE CLASSIFIEDS
WWW.FTLUPTONPRESS.COM
FOLLOW THE FORT LUPTON PRESS ON FACEBOOK
VOLUME 117| ISSUE 19
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
CONTACT US AT 303-659-2522
Serving the community since 1906
BRIEFS: PAGE 6 | OBITUARIES: PAGE 7 | VOICES: PAGE 8 | CULTURE: PAGE 12
The sources of electrons flowing into about 290,000 suburban and rural homes and businesses on the Front Range are about to change. And while refrigerators will still hum and lights shine, it marks a new chapter in how Coloradans get their electricity. The state’s two largest cooperatives, Sedalia-based CORE Electric Cooperative and Brighton-based United Power, are each poised to leave their long-time power suppliers and strike out on their own in the growing merchant power market. “United and CORE and a few others are large enough where we can contract with utility-scale resources where the prices are driven down,” said Chris Hildred, power supply director for CORE, formerly the Intermountain Rural Electric Association. “This is about local control and financial independence,” said Mark Gabriel, United Power’s CEO. SEE MARKETS, P24
FTLUPTONPRESS.COM • A PUBLICATION OF COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
REMEMBERING CINDERELLA CITY
How the ‘City under a roof’ shaped shopping P12