One-Time Payment Outage Center Contact Us Home About Us Your Cooperative Font Size: reduce font size increase font size Share Feedback Print Your Cooperative News & Events Bylaws & Articles of Incorporation Meet Our Staff Careers Board of Directors Board Meetings Annual Meeting & Elections Contact Us Your Cooperative Gunnison County Electric Association (GCEA) is a non-profit, member-owned rural electric cooperative. It was established on September 21, 1938, by a group of local ranchers who wanted to bring electricity to the Gunnison Valley. The first lines were energized on December 6, 1941. GCEA HISTORY TIMELINE Because GCEA customers are both members and owners of the cooperative, they are entitled to rights and responsibilities not available to investor-owned utility or municipal utility customers. GCEA, like all other rural electric cooperatives, adheres to the Seven Cooperative Principles. Visit the NRECA website to learn more about the Seven Cooperative Principles. Mission Statement Serving our members by providing safe, reliable energy with a strong cooperative tradition and a vision for the future. Capital Credits Operating margins (or profits), including patronage capital received from other affiliated organizations such as Tri-State Generation & Transmission, GCEA’s power supplier, (visit the Tri-State website) are allocated to members as capital credits, based on a percentage of their annual billing. The capital is credited to an account in each member’s name for every year that it is accumulated. Cash is actually paid out to retire assigned capital credits based on the financial strength of the cooperative. Locally Elected Board Representatives Members have a voice in the operation of the cooperative through locally elected board representatives, attending monthly board meetings, direct visits with the Chief Executive Officer and staff, and attendance at the Annual Meeting held every June. For more information on our Board of Directors and the districts they cover, please visit our Board of Directors page. You may also make a request for board action on that page. Service Territory GCEA’s service boundaries encompass portions of Gunnison, Hinsdale, and Saguache counties serving approximately 11,000 consumer-owners on 1,094.32 miles of distribution line made up of approximately 461.37 miles of overhead line and approximately 632.95 miles of underground cable. GCEA has the second-highest percentage of underground lines of the 22 rural electric cooperatives in Colorado. Substations Distribution lines are fed from one of four substations; either from the Lake City Substation, the Skito Substation, the Alkali Substation, or the Crested Butte Substation. Wholesale Power GCEA gets its electricity from Tri-State Generation & Transmission, a wholesale power supplier owned by the 45 members it serves, including 42 electric cooperatives. Tri-State’s service territory covers portions of Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Tri-State Service Territory & Generation Map CONNECT WITH US Gunnison Office 37250 West Highway 50 Gunnison, CO 81230-0180 Directions to Main Office Contact Phone: (970) 641-3520 Toll-Free: (800) 726-3523 Fax: (970) 641-5302 Mailing Address PO Box 180 Gunnison, CO 81230 Office Hours Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed every other Friday during Daylight Saving Time Crested Butte Crested Butte Bank Building 116 6th Street, Suite 202 Crested Butte, CO 81224 Directions to office Contact Phone: (970) 349-5385 Fax: (970) 349-2708 Contact Your GCEA Board Board & Employee Login Website Accessibility Privacy Policy Terms of Use A Powerful Creation © 2021 Gunnison County Electric Association, Inc. All Rights Reserved Selecteer een taal Nederlands Afrikaans Albanees Amharisch Arabisch Armeens Azerbeidzjaans Baskisch Bengaals Birmaans Bosnisch Bulgaars Catalaans Cebuano Chichewa Chinees (traditioneel) Chinees (vereenvoudigd) Corsicaans Deens Duits Esperanto Ests Fins Frans Fries Galicisch Georgisch Grieks Gujarati Haïtiaans Creools Hausa Hawaïaans Hebreeuws Hindi Hmong Hongaars Iers Igbo IJslands Indonesisch Italiaans Japans Javaans Jiddisch Kannada Kazachs Khmer Kinyarwanda Kirgizisch Koerdisch Koreaans Kroatisch Lao Latijn Lets Litouws Luxemburgs Macedonisch Malagasi Malayalam Maleis Maltees Maori Marathi Mongools Nepalees Noors Odia (Oriya) Oeigoers Oekraïens Oezbeeks Pashto Perzisch Pools Portugees Punjabi Roemeens Russisch Samoaans Schots Keltisch Servisch Sesotho Shona Sindhi Sinhala Slovaaks Sloveens Soendanees Somalisch Spaans Swahili Tadzjieks Tagalog Tamil Tataars Telugu Thai Tsjechisch Turkmeens Turks Urdu Vietnamees Wels Wit-Russisch Xhosa Yoruba Zoeloe Zweeds Mogelijk gemaakt door Translate