UTILITIES DIRECTOR

Robert M. Goehring
170 MacGregor Avenue
P.O. Box 1200
Estes Park, CO  80517

970-577-3580

bgoehring@estes.org

Assistant to Utilities Director
Michael R. Mangelsen, C.E.M.
970-577-3583
mmangelsen@estes.org

Line Superintendent
Todd Steichen
970-577-3601
tsteichen@estes.org

Crew Chief
Joe Lockhart
970-577-3613
jlockhart@estes.org

Phil Badali is a meter reader with the Town's Light and Power Department.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Light & Power Office is located in the Engineering Department on the first floor of the Municipal Building at 170 MacGregor Avenue, while the Light & Power Shop is located at 615 Elm Road.

Estes Park's Light and Power Department has been providing the area with quality electrical service since 1945. Today the utility serves about 9,300 customers, including more than 7,600 residential accounts and nearly 1,600 commercial accounts. Its coverage area encompasses 280 square miles, reaching south to Allenspark and Ferncliff; to Glen Haven along the North Fork; Waltonia on Highway 34; and eight miles down Highway 36. The area is bordered on the west by Rocky Mountain National Park.

All of the local utility's power is purchased from Platte River Power Authority, including energy output from the Colorado-Big Thompson Project. In all, about 40 percent of the power is generated by the Western Area Power Administration and 60 percent from Platte River, Craig and Rawhide Plants.

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WIND POWER

In addition, Estes Park's utility customers now have a new energy option available to them: wind power. At its December 14, 1999 meeting, the Town Board voted to commit to the purchase of 25 percent of the output from a 660 kW wind turbine located at Platte River wind site in Wyoming.

Interested Estes Park customers are invited to purchase the wind power in 100 kWh blocks. Each block purchased will result in a cost of $1.30 over and above the customer's monthly utility bill.

Sign-up forms are available at the Light & Power Office, by calling the Light & Power Department at 970-577-3588, or by e-mailing lschmidt@estes.org. For a brochure on Wind Power in Estes Park, click on this link: Wind Brochure 2007

For information about the decrease in the Town of Estes Park's Wind Energy Surcharge in 2007, click here.

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THE HISTORIC FALL RIVER
HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT MUSEUM

The Fall River Hydro Plant, Estes Park's first power plant, was built by F.O. Stanley in 1909 on the banks of Fall River. Stanley was driven by a desire to provide electricity for his new facility - The Stanley Hotel.

Stanley's power plant was shut down in 1982 following extensive damage to the structure caused by the Lawn Lake Flood. However, following extensive refurbishing the Hydro Plant has now reopened as a museum. State Historic Fund monies provided a major source of funding for the project. The grand opening ceremony was held July 15, 2002, coinciding with the 20th Anniversary of the Lawn Lake Flood. Click here to discover more fascinating information about the Fall River Hydro Plant.

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FEES AND RATES

For Utility Department Financial Policies, click here

For current Town of Estes Park electrical rates, click here

For the proposed 2008 - 2010 rate schedule, click here

For the 9/07 Notice of Proposed Rate Increase, click here

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Mike Mangelsen, Assistant to the Utilities Director, is the Town's Questline Representative.  Mike can be reached at:
577-3583 or
mmangelsen@estes.org

ESTES PARK LIGHT AND POWER QUESTLINE SERVICE

Free of charge, current Estes Park Light & Power commercial and industrial customers can use and access the Questline®Service.  The Questline service includes a Technical and Business "Ask and Expert" Hotline (one-on-one access to engineers and industry & business experts), proprietary information and databases & libraries (including benchmark and targeted research tools), and monthly information  and a resource-rich newsletter.

As a commercial or industrial customer of Estes Park Light & Power, Questline® invites you to use the service as if it were part of your own company's research and information department.  The service is provided at no cost to you because we believe that if the companies we serve are strong - then we will be strong.

To gain access to or sign-up for the service, please click on the link below.

www.questline.com/service/index.cfm?clid=117

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Dave Cearlock,
State Electrical Inspector

STATE ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR
 

Dave Cearlock, State Electrical Inspector, is available in the Engineering Department at the Municipal Building from 8 to 9 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. He can be reached by phone locally at 970-577-3589, or in his Fort Collins office at 223-9838.

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