GVP’s Annual Meeting: Built on Commitment

by Rita-Lyn Sanders, Director of Member Services and Communication

GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. - (September 2, 2025)  The annual meeting is our opportunity to bring members together to vote in director elections, learn about cooperative business, and celebrate successes. Each meeting is born of a theme that highlights the year’s accomplishments and brings our cooperative’s character to life. This year, the theme Built on Commitment demonstrated our deep respect for the people who promised to bring electricity to their rural neighbors, and our commitment to continue empowering members’ lives with hometown service. Together we celebrated:

• Six years of no lost-time accidents.
• One of the top reliability scores in the state, with an average of 94 minutes of outage time per consumer in 2024.
• An agreement with Redlands Water and Power to purchase 1.4 megawatts of electricity from a hydropower plant in Grand Junction, and the completion of significant system improvement projects. 
• An energy portfolio that sources 60% of the power that we deliver to members from renewable sources like wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and hydroelectricity.
• $22,000 in scholarships awarded to students living in households served by Grand Valley Power. 

These accomplishments all show how Grand Valley Power team members carry on the commitment of our founders to our community.

More than 500 people, including members, directors, guests, employees, and retirees enjoyed a meal and good company and heard about these achievements and others that have occurred over the past year. Attendees also received an 18-month calendar featuring Grand Valley Power photographs.

The delicious dinner was capped off with birthday cupcakes for Willie Wiredhand, and we gave away amazing door prizes. Those included several bill credits donated by our future wholesale energy supplier, Guzman Energy; gift cards; a Yeti cooler donated by Western United Electric; and a quarter 4-H beef purchased at the Mesa County Junior Livestock Auction by our friends at Alpine Bank. Thank you also to our partners Ireland Stapleton, Border States, Hubbell, CFC, and Ward Electric for their prize donations.

We ended the meeting by answering members’ questions submitted with their online RSVP. We extend thanks to Fruita Monument High School FFA students who helped with parking and the staff at Colorado Mesa and Sodexo for their services.