Reuben Bergsten News Today

As 2023 winds down, town board members and I are receiving updates from the Town’s various departments. At our meeting on November 26, we received an update about what’s happening at the Water Department. Here are my takeaways from the update. Superintendent Jason Fredricks manages the Water Division of the Town. He represents the division […]

In a night of brief deliberation, Estes Park Town Board members gathered for their regular bi-weekly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Throughout the meeting, the board voted on three different action items including a non-binding resolution supporting alternatives to the Broadband, Equity, Access, Deployment(BEAD) program’s letter of credit and a resolution to consider funding the […]

In 1966, leaders from the communities of Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland—in an effort to protect their federal hydropower interests— formed the Platte River Municipal Power Association. Seven years later, Leaders from the same communities created the Platte River Power Authority, a not-for-profit corporation, in 1973 to meet their electric generation and transmission needs. PRPA had six employees and […]

Sometimes, when you’re a small nonprofit, the high price of water is a good thing.