Tri-State inks purchase agreement for New Mexico solar power

DEMING, N.M. (AP) – A wholesale provider that serves rural electric cooperatives in four states has signed a contract to buy power from a planned solar farm in southern New Mexico.
Denver-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association says the contract calls for the Alta Luna Solar Project to provide it with 25 megawatts of electricity for 25 years.
The solar farm is expected to come online in December 2016. Its more than 108,000 photovoltaic solar panels will be located on a 220-