Strategic Plan 2015-2020

• LPEA will Identify peoples, processes, and policies that contribute to LPEA's culture of safety excellence on an annual basis, enhancing communication and employee engagement in the safety program. With a commitment to the "Quest for Zero," LPEA will identify areas of focus for improvement.
• LPEA will communicate effectively with all its members, communities and constituent groups to experience year-over-year improvement in member communication.
• With a goal to help members reduce their electric bills, LPEA will retain/institute programs and provide education to help members understand how to manage, conserve and use electricity more efficiently, as well as participate in local, distributed generation options to reduce members' carbon footprint.
• Identify key role LPEA can play in driving the success of LPEA's Affiliate, including value to LPEA members, community and economic development and insure the Affiliate's transparency of risks to LPEA.
• With a goal to continually improve reliability and power quality, LPEA will identify metrics and support operations/maintenance efforts, as well as explore and implement alternatives and technology for gathering system operational information.
• LPEA with a focus on environmental and resource stewardship, will work as a member of Tri-State Generation and Transmission to ensure value and reliability in bulk power services, and identify reliable, sustainable, local resources.
• Establish Risk Competencies that enable LPEA to identify risks, assess and mitigate where necessary, to achieve greater success in business planning and plan execution.
• Evaluate and select technologies that continue to provide improved reliability or bring further efficiencies to corporate business processes.
• LPEA will continue to stay abreast of Distributive Generation Technologies. LPEA will evaluate DG technologies as they move into commercial production and integrate those that meet objectives of the Cooperative.

Strategic Plan 2015-2020 Areas of Focus:

Communications

• LPEA will Identify peoples, processes, and policies that contribute to LPEA's culture of safety excellence on an annual basis, enhancing communication and employee engagement in the safety program. With a commitment to the "Quest for Zero," LPEA will identify areas of focus for improvement.
• LPEA will communicate effectively with all its members, communities and constituent groups to experience year-over-year improvement in member communication.
• With a goal to help members reduce their electric bills, LPEA will retain/institute programs and provide education to help members understand how to manage, conserve and use electricity more efficiently, as well as participate in local, distributed generation options to reduce members' carbon footprint.
• With a goal to continually improve reliability and power quality, LPEA will identify metrics and support operations/maintenance efforts, as well as explore and implement alternatives and technology for gathering system operational information.
• LPEA with a focus on environmental and resource stewardship, will work as a member of Tri-State Generation and Transmission to ensure value and reliability in bulk power services, and identify reliable, sustainable, local resources.
• Establish Risk Competencies that enable LPEA to identify risks, assess and mitigate where necessary, to achieve greater success in business planning and plan execution.
• Evaluate and select technologies that continue to provide improved reliability or bring further efficiencies to corporate business processes.

Board & Employee Development

• Identify Key positions within LPEA and develop a succession plan on each position. Develop and implement a more complete and broad-based onboarding process and development plan for Directors and Employees.

Power Supply

• LPEA with a focus on environmental and resource stewardship, will work as a member of Tri-State Generation and Transmission to ensure value and reliability in bulk power services, and identify reliable, sustainable, local resources.

Technology Innovation

• LPEA will Identify peoples, processes, and policies that contribute to LPEA's culture of safety excellence on an annual basis, enhancing communication and employee engagement in the safety program. With a commitment to the "Quest for Zero," LPEA will identify areas of focus for improvement.
• LPEA will communicate effectively with all its members, communities and constituent groups to experience year-over-year improvement in member communication.
• With a goal to help members reduce their electric bills, LPEA will retain/institute programs and provide education to help members understand how to manage, conserve and use electricity more efficiently, as well as participate in local, distributed generation options to reduce members' carbon footprint.
• Identify key role LPEA can play in driving the success of LPEA's Affiliate, including value to LPEA members, community and economic development and insure the Affiliate's transparency of risks to LPEA.
• With a goal to continually improve reliability and power quality, LPEA will identify metrics and support operations/maintenance efforts, as well as explore and implement alternatives and technology for gathering system operational information.
• LPEA with a focus on environmental and resource stewardship, will work as a member of Tri-State Generation and Transmission to ensure value and reliability in bulk power services, and identify reliable, sustainable, local resources.
• Establish Risk Competencies that enable LPEA to identify risks, assess and mitigate where necessary, to achieve greater success in business planning and plan execution.
• Evaluate and select technologies that continue to provide improved reliability or bring further efficiencies to corporate business processes.
• LPEA will continue to stay abreast of Distributive Generation Technologies. LPEA will evaluate DG technologies as they move into commercial production and integrate those that meet objectives of the Cooperative.