secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc. (—)
CIK:        0001637880
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001637880-26-000003
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.04, 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Tri-State cures technical default from unpaid taxes; secretary resigns
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- Unpaid state unemployment taxes (<$1M) triggered technical default under Master Indenture; debt acceleration risk of ~$950M.
- All taxes and liens paid as of Jan. 9, 2026; default cured and lenders' acceleration right extinguished.
- Tri-State is refreshing systems and protocols to prevent recurrence.
- Secretary and director Julie Kilty resigned effective Jan. 13; no known disagreement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637880/000163788026000003/0001637880-26-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637880/000163788026000003/tris-20260109.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001637880-26-000003

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