---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001637880-24-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001637880"
company_name: "Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T23:55:15.164267+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tri-State Generation appoints Todd Telesz as CFO; Pat Bridges to retire in March 2024

## Summary
- Todd Telesz named SVP and CFO effective Jan 29, 2024; replaces Pat Bridges retiring after 17 years.
- Telesz previously CEO of Basin Electric Power Cooperative and SVP at CoBank, ACB.
- Base salary set at $575,000 per year with a one-time sign-on bonus of $30,000.
- Bridges will remain in transition role until March 2024 to ensure smooth handover.
- Telesz holds a B.S. in Economics with honors from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001637880-24-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001637880
- company_name: Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637880/000163788024000002/0001637880-24-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637880/000163788024000002/tris-20240112.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001637880-24-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick L. Bridges departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Patrick L. Bridges, our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, informed us that he intends to retire in March 2024 after more than 17 years of service to us.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637880/000163788024000002/0001637880-24-000002-index.htm
- Executive change
  Todd Telesz was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 12, 2024, Todd Telesz, age 52, accepted the position to succeed Mr. Bridges as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective January 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637880/000163788024000002/0001637880-24-000002-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.