• DocumentCode
    28308
  • Title

    Telluride Power Co.: Pioneering ac in the Rocky Mountains [History]

  • Author

    Drew, Alan E.

  • Author_Institution
    IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Jan.-Feb. 2014
  • Firstpage
    82
  • Lastpage
    98
  • Abstract
    High in the grandeur of the mighty Colorado Rocky Mountains, a power company was born that undertook a variety of trailblazing efforts that would significantly benefit the power industry for years to come. This article focuses on the beginning of the Telluride Power Company and the challenges it faced, including the historic Ames hydroelectric plant and its first line to the Gold King Mine.
  • Keywords
    history; hydroelectric power stations; power transmission; AC power generation; AC power transmission; Rocky Mountains Colorado; Telluride power company; hydroelectric plant; power industry; Companies; Electricity supply industry; History; Power distribution planning; Power generation; Power systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7977
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPE.2013.2284641
  • Filename
    6684685