Welcome to the Association!

With approximately 137,000 members, Intermountain Rural Electric Association is one of the largest and fastest-growing of more than 900 member-owned electric distribution cooperatives in the United States. Since there are no stockholders, monies earned by the cooperative are returned to members via capital credit refund checks that are mailed in February of each year.

IREA's 5,000-square-mile service territory includes all or parts of ten counties to the east, west and south of the metro Denver area and west of Colorado Springs. Our headquarters (see photo) is located in Sedalia, Colorado, south of Littleton and north of Castle Rock. We also have district offices in Strasburg, Conifer and Woodland Park.

News & Updates

IREA Incumbent Directors Handily Defeat Challengers
Click here to view the election results.

2008 Renewable Energy Standard Compliance Report

PURPA Links
PURPA Notice 4.20.09
Review of the PURPA Standards Added by the Energy Independence Security Act of 2007
Summary of Comments

IREA Rates Among Lowest in the State
The latest Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities residential rate survey shows that IREA has the 2nd lowest rates of any co-op in the state.

Convenience Pay Now Available!
Convenience Pay offers one-stop shopping! For more information, visit our Convenience Pay page.

Electronic Billing
Try Electronic Billing! To update our records with your email address, click here. For more information on this service, please visit our Electronic Billing page.

Is Earth Entering Another Cooling Cycle?
With all the talk about global warming, it’s surprising to hear about some of the coldest, harshest winter weather ever observed. Now the talk is shifting from “global warming” to “climate change”, with some people believing that even cold weather is caused by humans. “We’re not hearing nearly as much about catastrophic man-made global warming this month.” (read more)