by PElliott | Jul 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
The largest maintenance costs for San Isabel Electric Association are related to the weather and vegetation. Vegetation management is the largest controllable maintenance cost. Given that about one third of SIEA’s territory is considered forested, managing this...
by PElliott | Jul 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Mobile substations might sound and look like science fiction, but they are ingenious machines that serve as priceless assets to electric utilities. While we hope to never use them, they can really save the day in an emergency. A fixed substation manages and directs...
by PElliott | Jul 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Many large utilities are under scrutiny for de-energizing lines during high fire danger periods — typically during stage three fire restrictions or red flag days. These periods span almost the entire spring through fall season in southern Colorado. San Isabel Electric...
by PElliott | Jul 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Pueblo County 4-H and FFA members are preparing their animals for the agriculture industry’s Super Bowl, the annual Showcase Sale. Many of these kids have raised their animals since birth, feeding them, grooming them, providing medicine to keep them healthy, in near...
by PElliott | Jul 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
This July, two more SIEA employees will be walking through the door to retirement: Royce Anderson and Eddie Smith. Anderson is our Safety and Compliance Manager, and Smith is our Assistant Line Superintendent. Their jobs, accomplishments, and personalities are quite...
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