News & Events
Hello, and welcome to the news, information and events center for Arizona’s G&T Cooperatives. Here you’ll find news releases, news links, articles on the cooperatives, copies of our annual reports, tour information, photo galleries, contact information and more. We hope you find everything you need to know about our cooperatives but if you don’t, we encourage you to call or e-mail us at any time.
Scroll through the page to find links to Currents magazine, the bi-monthly magazine that includes energy-saving tips and articles on everything from safety around electricity to the best Chili recipes in the Southwest! If you’d like general information on what cooperatives are, the Seven Cooperative Principles or our vision statement, click here. If you’re looking for information about community support or donations, click here.
Speaker’s Bureau and Tours
Need a speaker? If you’d like to have someone speak to your group or event about issues involving electric generation or transmission or the latest on renewable energy technology and programs, contact us. We’ll find the right expert on our staff to address your issues, from climate change legislation to ’smart grid technology.’
Tours
Learn about baseload, peaking capacity, clean coal and natural gas and combined cycle generation and transmission. We can offer tours of the Apache generating station and the Benson headquarters where the control center for SWTC and the transmission side of operations resides. Group size is limited in some cases and we would like at least four weeks advance notice.
Briefly About Us
Arizona’s G&T Cooperatives are Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., (AEPCO), Southwest Transmission Cooperative, Inc., (SWTC), and Sierra Southwest Cooperative Services, Inc., (Sierra). Our administrative offices are in Benson, Arizona and through AEPCO we own and operate the 600 Mw (gross rated) Apache generating station in Cochise, Arizona, east of Benson. Wholesale power is delivered through SWTC’s 622 miles of transmission lines to our six class-A member distribution cooperatives who in turn provide it to more than 144,000 customers in southern Arizona, Mohave County in northwestern Arizona, and Anza, California. Our manpower and administrative support for generation and transmission operations are handled through Sierra. For more information about our member distribution co-ops, click here.
News, Information, and Speaker Contacts
Geoff Oldfather,
Cooperative Communications & Public Relations Manager
goldfather@ssw.coop
office direct: 520.586.5465
cell: 520.444.3473
Heather Floyd,
Cooperative Communications & Marketing Administrator
hfloyd@ssw.coop
office direct: 520.586.5431
cell: 520.686.1602
Mailing Address
Arizona’s G&T Cooperatives
AEPCO/P.O. Box 670
Benson, AZ 85602
New Releases and Featured Articles
Click here for the latest news releases from Arizona’s G&T Cooperatives.
Click here for articles and columns about climate change legislation and other electric generation and transmission issues.
Currents Magazine: Click here for Arizona’s G&T Cooperatives articles in Currents magazine.
Photo Gallery
Click here for a gallery of photos of all our facilities and activities. To request a photo, send an e-mail to Geoff Oldfather at goldfather@ssw.coop and refer to the photo by name or number. The e-mail must include how and when you would like to use the photo and all publications it might appear in. You must also promise to give photo credit with the following credit line: “Photo provided by Arizona’s G&T Cooperatives.” Contact us for more information or to request a photo.
