Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, which represents many of the state's rural electric co-ops, announced plans to build three coal plants in Colorado and Kansas. Two environmental groups released a report criticizing the plan. Ryan Warner discusses the proposal with Tri-State spokesman Mac McLennan, and Rick Gilliam, a senior policy analyst with Western Resource Advocates and co-author of the report.
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