---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001637880-26-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001637880"
company_name: "Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-18T13:54:58+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T14:29:35.318451+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tri-State elects James Riggins to board, replacing Rick Gordon as MVEA director effective June 4

## Summary
- James Riggins elected to Tri-State board, effective June 4, 2026, replacing Rick Gordon.
- Riggins nominated by member Mountain View Electric Association (MVEA).
- Riggins to serve on External Affairs-Member Relations Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001637880-26-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001637880
- company_name: Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-18T13:54:58+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637880/000163788026000027/0001637880-26-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637880/000163788026000027/tris-20260514.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001637880-26-000027
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001637880-26-000027.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rick Gordon departed as Director at Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc..
  - Action: replaced
  - Role: Director
  source text: certified the election by its member, Mountain View Electric Association, Inc. (“MVEA”), of James Riggins to replace Rick Gordon, as the director representing MVEA on Tri-State’s Board of Directors effective as of June 4, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637880/000163788026000027/0001637880-26-000027-index.htm
- Executive change
  James Riggins was elected as Director at Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: certified the election by its member, Mountain View Electric Association, Inc. (“MVEA”), of James Riggins to replace Rick Gordon, as the director representing MVEA on Tri-State’s Board of Directors effective as of June 4, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637880/000163788026000027/0001637880-26-000027-index.htm

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