P6-Strategies | Chaffee County’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy

Chaffee County’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy

Strategies
	The Vision of energynow can be achieved through a combination of strategies. An analysis of energy use, available resources and funding mechanisms produced a list of strategies that provide the best local opportunities to reduce energy consumption, minimize greenhouse gas emissions, reduce energy expenditures, support the local economy and sustain the local environment.

Edison Electric Light Company of Salida built the first steam-powered electric generation plant in Salida in 1887. The coal-fired plant was 28 feet square with an attached boiler room and a 75-foot-tall smokestack. It began by supplying power for 750 electric light bulbs including, for the first time, street lights on F Street. The Edison Electric Light Company of Salida merged in 1905 with Salida Light Power and Utility Company, which had constructed a hydroelectric generating system on the South Arkansas River.
	“Work began . . . on the auxiliary power plant of the Salida Light Power and Utility Company. The new powerhouse will be just below Maysville where the North Fork empties into the main river, and the water will be piped from the upper plant to this point. The new plant will run two dynamos, and on its completion the smelter will be wired and power furnished.” The Salida Record, July 17, 1908. The original power company, organized by local citizens, became part of the Public Service Company of Colorado in 1924. The steam plant supplied electrical power to Salida from 1887 to 1958 when it was taken out of service.

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