ARPA announces nominations open for annual awards program

The Arkansas River Power Authority Announces Nominations Are Open For

Its Annual Awards Program

The Arkansas River Power Authority has announced that nominations areopen for its 2025 awards program. ARPA is an intergovernmental powerauthority and public corporation that was created by the municipalities ofHolly, La Junta, Lamar, Las Animas, Springfield, and Trinidad, Colorado forthe purpose of furnishing wholesale electric power to its membercommunities.

The ARPA awards include the Tom Pryor Award for exceptional contribution to publicly owned electric power; the Gordon Robertson Award for distinguished service on the ARPA Board of Directors; and the ARPA Honor Roll of Merit for significant contribution to the mission of ARPA or the betterment of an ARPA member community. Nominations must be turned into ARPA by no later than April 1, 2026.

Copies of the award applications, nomination forms, and the award criteriaare available at the Lamar Utilities Board Office, 100 North Second Street,Lamar, Colorado, 719-336-7456, contact: Houssin Hourieh, Superintendent;and the Holly Town Clerk’s office, 100 Tony Garcia Drive, Holly, Colorado,
719-537-6622, contact: Cynthia Humrich, Clerk, Town of Holly.