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  • YVEA COVID-19 Relief Fund Update YVEA has remaining funds available from our relief fund that was approved by the YVEA Board of Directors
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  • Be Alert and Watch Out for Scammers

    As always, members should be on the lookout for suspicious emails, phone calls, or persons impersonating business employees or charitable organizations. If you get a call from someone claiming to represent YVEA, and they make threats or demand immediate payment, hang up and call us at (970) 879-1160. To learn more about how YVEA collects payment visit https://www.yvea.com/payment-options.

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  • YVEA Board Meeting 2/23/2021

    DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS PUBLIC ATTENDANCE AND COMMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO REMOTE PARTICIPATION. 

    TO ACCESS THE FEBRUARY 23, 2021 BOARD MEETING PLEASE DIAL 1-720-735-7789 AND WHEN PROMPTED DIAL 26014898#.  VIDEO CONFERENCING IS NOT AVAILABLE. LISTENERS WILL BE ABLE TO COMMENT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE MEETING THAT BEGINS AT 12:00 P.M.

    *Please note the number has changed from prior months. 

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  • February 19: Server Maintenance 6-8 p.m.

    As part of our continued commitment to security and reliability we have our scheduled monthly server maintenance tonight, Friday 2/19/2021 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. During this maintenance window there will be interruptions to SmartHub, Pay-by-phone, and website outage map.  Please call 970-879-1160 if you have any questions. 

    #YVEA #PowerOnTogether 

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Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)

Advanced Metering Infrastructure Team

AMI Project Completion Brings Improved Service to Members

YVEA is proud to announce that it has completed a three-year project of installing new Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) throughout its 7,000 square mile territory. What started out as a pilot project in the fall of 2015 involving 500 meters ser­ved by the Airport Substation in Steamboat Springs, is now fully deployed at over 26,000 meters.

AMI is an architecture for automated, two-way communication between an advanced meter and an electric utility company.  The AMI system allows communication between our offices, meters, and system protection devices across the electrical system, enabling reliability monitoring of system operations and evaluation of the system’s integrity

The function of AMI is to provide YVEA with real data about power delivery, power quality, and power consumption across the service territory.  It also allows our members the information to monitor their own energy usage and understand how they are using their electrons. The new AMI system will, enhance power quality monitoring and accelerate outage notification, which means quicker service restoration and improved response time.

With many of the former meters reaching end of life, it made sense to improve YVEA’s metering system to a new metering system which enable us to reduce costs through automated processes. One of the primary cost savings was from the elimination of manual contracted meter reading services and the ability to more accurately bill members for their actual usage.

The AMI system is expected to recoup its costs within only seven years. Other improvements with AMI include a reduction in cost and time for connect/disconnect requests, improved outage response time, no longer a need to access member property by meter readers, elimination of estimated readings, and allowing members to have greater access and information to their own energy usage via the free SmartHub app.

The completed AMI project is one part of a multi-year communications and technology improvement plan designed to bring YVEA and its members into the 21st Century, increasing response times and improving reliability and faster communication between our offices, meters and system protection devices on the electrical system, enabling close oversight of system operations and increasing YVEA’s ability to provide a wider variety of customer program offerings. 


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      • Energy Hero "Fight Energy Waste"
        • Resources For Your Home
        • Resources For Your Business
        • Rebates
      • AMI
        • Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
      • Renewable Energy
        • Green Choice Program
        • GRID Alternatives Community Solar Project
        • Yampa Valley Community Solar
      • Residential Light Bulb Recycling
  • Outages & Safety
    • Outages
      • Outage Center
    • Safety
      • Call Before You Dig
      • Wildfire Mitigation
      • Safety Tips
        • Storm Safety
        • Safety Quiz
        • Standby Generator Interconnection and Safety
  • My Community
    • For Our Community
      • Our Programs
        • Green Choice Program
        • Energy Hero "Fight Energy Waste"
        • Coop Connections Program
        • Luminate Broadband
        • Operation Roundup
        • Standby Generator Program
        • Surge Protection
      • Renewable Energy Interconnection
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      • Youth Leadership Camp
      • Washington D.C. Youth Tour
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