Lower Valley Energy

05/16/2026

Come join Tony and Brian at the EcoFair in Jackson today! We're giving away a lot of cool energy efficiency prizes!!

05/14/2026

Power Up Your Home - Win Big at the EcoFair This Weekend!

Hey neighbors! Stop by the Lower Valley Energy booth at the EcoFair this weekend for a chance to WIN some amazing energy efficiency prizes!

We're giving you the chance to take home LED lightbulbs, smart power strips, and even smart thermostats! Come see us and try your luck - you could walk away saving big on your energy bill. See you there!

(HINT: Do you have our smartphone energy app, SmartHub??)

Energy Conservation Works

Jackson EcoFair is back on Saturday May 16 from 12 to 5 p.m. At the base of Snow King.

05/13/2026

If you were driving through Afton this morning and saw a hard hat convention, bucket trucks, and someone dangling off a power pole - don't worry, everything was under control!

Today our crews completed their annual pole top rescue and bucket truck rescue training, as required by OSHA. This hands-on training ensures our linemen are prepared to safely rescue a coworker in an emergency situation at height - a critical skill in our line of work.

Congratulations to Jayce Wolfley for posting the fastest time and putting together a smooth, confident run up the pole to rescue "Randy" - our trusty training dummy. Jayce is also our newest Journeyman Lineman. Well done!

05/08/2026

Who Let The Dogs Out??

Lower Valley Energy is honored to support public safety in our region by opening our warehouse facilities to the Teton County Sheriff's Office for police canine training and certification. The training brought together law enforcement agencies from across a wide region - from Lincoln County all the way to Colorado Springs and Denver - for specialized K9 training right here in the valley. We believe in being a resource for our community in every way we can.

Best of luck to all the handlers and their K9 partners earning their certifications!

05/06/2026

Community Solar UPDATE

This morning, the Lincoln County Commission met in Kemmerer. Earlier this year, Lower Valley Energy requested our conditional use permit for the Bedford, WY community solar project be tabled. According to Lincoln County government, the permit needed to be placed back on the agenda in order to be formally withdrawn. Today's agenda item was that formality - no discussion took place and no business was concluded on the project.

We continue to explore potential sites but have also not removed anything formally from consideration. We continue to engage and listen to our communities and members we serve to hopefully locate the best site that meets everyone’s needs and expectations. We are committed to informing our members on any next steps in adequate time for them to engage and us to hear from you. For now we are exploring all options and potential new locations that are well supported economically, operationally and community. We'll keep you updated when we take additional steps or actions to move this project forward.

05/05/2026

Our Crew Doesn't Just Keep the Lights On — They're Building Homes Too!

Our incredible linemen were on the job bright and early this morning — not for a power outage, but for something pretty special. Today, the LVE crew erected a new osprey nesting platform, giving these magnificent birds a safe home right here in the valley.

The best part? Seven possible tenants showed up to supervise the work. No hard hats, but clearly very invested in the project.

At Lower Valley Energy, we believe in powering our community AND protecting the natural world we all love. Our linemen bring the same skill and dedication to every job — whether it's keeping the lights on or helping wildlife thrive.

Welcome to the neighborhood, ospreys!

Shoutout to Tobin Ricks, Josh Kurtti, Devin Jensen, Dillon Norris, and Denton Getchius! (Photo courtesy of Tobin Ricks!)

04/30/2026

Lower Valley Energy Board Meeting RECAP - April 30, 2026

Our Board of Directors met today in Jackson for our April board meeting! Here's a look at what was on the agenda:

2025 Audit Report — Our auditors presented the annual financial review, confirming LVE's sound financial position heading into 2026.

Copper Line Replacement Planning — Engineering staff presented plans to replace aging copper infrastructure, part of our ongoing commitment to system reliability across the valley.

Vegetation Management & AI Technology — We're using AI Dash technology to help prioritize and manage right-of-way clearing — smarter tools to reduce outages and fire risk this summer.

Crews Hard at Work — Multiple contractor crews are actively working throughout the region on line reconductoring, underground cable replacement, and tree trimming from Alpine to Jackson.

Gas Expansion Update — The Crow Creek pipeline project is wrapping up, and planning is underway for the route from Afton to Alpine.

Thank you to our dedicated Board of Directors and staff for their continued work on behalf of our members!

04/30/2026

Lower Valley Energy goes to Washington!

Wyoming's coop leaders from Lower Valley Energy, board chairman, Dan Dockstader and CEO, Bear Prairie, meeting with our congressional delegation during Wyoming Wednesday. Coop leaders were in Washington DC for the NRECA Legislative Conference.

04/24/2026

Project Update: Reliability Work in Progress!

Our crew has been hard at work this week, swinging in equipment at one of our substations — all in the name of keeping the power flowing reliably to our members. Not a bad office view either!

Investments like these happen behind the scenes, but they make a real difference in the dependable service you count on every day. Huge shoutout to our linemen and operations team for the skilled, safe work they put in — rain, shine, or big blue Wyoming skies!

04/23/2026

Important Update: Wyoming Statute 34-1-159 — Effective July 1, 2026

NOTICE: TO ALL MEMBERS AND CUSTOMERS OF LOWER VALLEY ENERGY (“LVE”) with a portion of an electric system visible on their property on or before January 1, 2006 and for which there is no valid, existing, written agreement. The legislature passed Wyoming Statute 34-1-159, which goes into effect July 1, 2026. This statute was intended to clean up old, handshake easements. It does not create any new right to install lines, and it does not change any written agreement you may have for easements. Those are the two concerns we have heard most regarding this statute, so we want to put your minds at ease about those issues. Instead, this statute clarifies that electric utilities like LVE have an easement for systems that have been in place since sometime on or before January 1, 2006 and that are visible, so everyone know or should know that the system is already present. LVE will utilize this easement to keep such electricity systems safe and reliable to the extent reasonably possible. Per the language of the statute passed during the 2026 legislative session, LVE may:

1. reconstruct, re-phase, maintain, and repair the existing system and trim and remove trees and other vegetation hazardous or reasonably likely to become hazardous to the system;

2. access the easement; ingress and egress is limited to the extent necessary to permit the reasonable enjoyment of the rights and privileges granted by the statute unless access or ingress and egress to parts of the easement would be hazardous to or materially encumbered for the electric utility, in which case the easement may include other reasonable access that minimizes impacts on the landowner to the extent reasonably possible.

Please know that the width of an easement granted under this statute is consistent with the historical and traditional use by the electric utility of the system but shall not exceed thirty (30) feet in any direction from the location of the existing line or other physical components of the system. LVE may not expand its use of the easement beyond adjustments consistent with historic uses in a way that would materially increase the burden on the landowner’s property, except when needed to serve a reasonable expansion of use for neighboring or local land uses. Such exception does not allow industrial and manufacturing related increases in wattage.

The full text of Wyoming Statute 34-1-159 is available at LVE’s website (https://www.lvenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/Wyoming-2026-SF0099-Introduced-1.pdf).