PVREA's History
1939
Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, Inc. is founded by 600 members on November 2, 1939. An office is established in Severance, CO.
1942
PVREA's office is moved to 220 East Olive Street in Fort Collins, CO. It's rumored that there was such debate over the move, some of the employees and board members moved the office in the middle of the night.
1962
PVREA builds a 69-kV transmission line to serve its mountain areas, such as Red Feather Lakes and Poudre Canyon. A huge feat for the co-op at this time.
1971
PVREA retires the yellow logo with Willie Wiredhand and adopts a new logo with patriotic red, white and blue colors.
1972
PVREA hits 10,000 meters.
1973
PVREA moves its office to 4809 S. College Avenue in Fort Collins, CO.
1989
PVREA celebrates 50 years!
1990
PVREA hits 20,000 meters.
1995
On September 11, 1995 PVREA breaks ground for a new office building, which is still the co-op headquarters today.
2001
PVREA hits 30,000 meters
2015
PVREA's Board of Directors retires the largest capital credit amount in history - $6 million.
2016
PVREA hits 40,000 meters.
2019
80 by 30 announced - Board Directors set a long-term goal for the environmentally sustainable delivery of our power supply to members.
2021
We hit 50,000 members!