YVEA Summer Construction & Maintenance Work

YVEA Contractor Work 2020

All Weather Services has started mowing in the area of Trout Creek - following our lines on 20 mile road to Oak Creek and the Keystone substation. 

They will then move to:

• RCR 179 & Highway 131 to RCR 29
• Lynx Pass area
• Willow Creek & Clark area

Intermountain Electric Service is working in the Baggs/Dixon, Wyoming area and the Craig area near Pizza Hut and McDonalds.

Beginning May 26, work will begin in Steamboat in the areas of Meadow Lane, Delta Queen, Glacier Ridge, Highland Way, Natches Way and Robert E Lee Lane.

If you have any questions please contact Dan Trevithick at YVEA at 970-871-2253.

2020 Pole Inspections 

YVEA contractors will begin physical pole inspections on Tuesday, May 26. The pole inspections will start in the City of Steamboat and then move to south and west Stagecoach area. 

The poles on the following substation feeders will be inspected:

• Brooklyn Substation

• Mt. Werner Substation

• Stagecoach - Yellow Jacket & Lynx Pass

• Keystone Substation North

Inspectors will be accessing poles on foot, or by ATV to check for pole rot.  Pole Inspection Map

Please contact Larry Ball at YVEA at 970-871-2282 if you have any questions. 

YVEA Contractor Global Mapping Systems (GMS) To Begin Overhead Transmission Inventory June 15, 2020

Our contractor, Global Mapping Solutions (GMS) will be accessing every YVEA owned Transmission pole in our territory by vehicle, ATV or on foot depending on location.

They will start in the Maybell Substation and work their way East, North and South following the lines and is estimated to last 3-4 weeks to complete.

Please contact Larry Ball at YVEA at 970-871-2282 if you have any questions.

Please view map of our transmission system and areas and their relation to properties where lines run and where you can expect to see GMS crews. 

YVEA TRANSMISSION LINE INVENTORY MAP

Yampa Valley Electric Receives FEMA Grant for Wyoming Work

(BAGGS, WY, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS & CRAIG, CO,), In early 2019, the Yampa Valley Electric Association (YVEA) worked with the State of Wyoming Office of Homeland Security to apply to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for grant funding through their Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The grant request was made because of the persistent wind damage that had caused the electrical feeder line serving Baggs, WY, to deteriorate.

YVEA was recently notified that it had received $247,929 in grant funding that will be used towards an electric line hardening project to better serve members in the Baggs area. Project construction will begin in the summer of 2020 and will replace the existing line with an upgraded, wind-resistant line.

For the public’s safety and the safety of our crews, YVEA asks that you use caution near our work sites and whenever you see a YVEA or contracting crew working near the road. YVEA wants you, our crews and contractors to get home safely.

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