The northern Front Range electric co-op United Power is surging ahead with a renewable energy growth plan despite an all-out campaign against clean energy from the Trump administration, signing a deal for a 150-megawatt solar farm near Brush.

The agreement with utility developer Aypa Power will also create a parallel 600 megawatt-hour battery storage facility next to the solar farm, allowing the generating station to provide “dispatchable” power when the sun is not shining and help stabilize the energy supply. Aypa Power, a subsidiary of the private equity firm Blackstone, will build and operate the “Fortress” project in Morgan County, and United Power is contracting to buy all of the electricity when it comes online in 2027.

United Power is “on a path to diversify and localize the power

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