TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has reached a long-term agreement to supply
Navopache Electric Cooperative with wholesale power beginning next year.
TEP will begin delivering power on Jan. 1, 2017 to satisfy Navopache’s
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energy requirements through a 25-year agreement signed last month. TEP
also will provide ancillary services that support the transmission of
electric power and help ensure service reliability.
Navopache is a nonprofit member-owned distribution cooperative that
provides electric service to more than 33,000 members and manages more
than 43,400 meters throughout the White Mountains in eastern Arizona and
western New Mexico. Its service territory covers more than 10,000 square
miles and includes more than 3,500 miles of power lines. Arizona
communities served by Navopache include St. Johns, Pinetop-Lakeside,
Show Low, Heber-Overgaard and Springerville – home to TEP’s
Springerville Generating Station.
“We’re proud to be selected as Navopache Electric Cooperative’s
wholesale energy provider, and we look forward to reliably supplying
power for many years to come,” said David G. Hutchens, TEP’s President
and CEO. “Hundreds of TEP employees live in communities served by
Navopache, so this partnership is a natural fit for us.”
“Navopache is very pleased with our selection of TEP as our wholesale
power supplier,” said Charles R. Moore, Navopache’s CEO. “We are excited
to develop this partnership with TEP for a long-term wholesale power
supply that allows Navopache to provide our member-consumers with
reliable and cost-effective electric service to help promote economic
benefit to the communities we serve.”
Navopache Electric Cooperative is dedicated to enhancing its members’
quality of life by providing safe, reliable, cost-effective electric
service. For more information, visit navopache.org.
TEP provides safe, reliable electric service to approximately 417,000
customers in Southern Arizona. For more information, visit tep.com. TEP
and its parent company, UNS Energy, are subsidiaries of Fortis Inc.,
which owns utilities that serve more than 3 million customers across
Canada and in the United States and the Caribbean. To learn more, visit
Contacts
Tucson Electric Power
Joseph Barrios, 520-884-3725