colorado springs utilities
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Colorado Springs making strides in affordable, energy-efficient housing through fee rebate program, officials say
A fee rebate program Colorado Springs officials implemented in 2022 has helped the city make strides in its efforts to offer more affordable and more energy efficient housing for its lowest-earning residents, Colorado Springs community development officials said Wednesday. Since the city and Colorado Springs Utilities began offering the joint program it has, in the…
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$1 million fire mitigation project planned near Colorado Springs Utilities’ reservoir
The Colorado State Forest Service expects to thin hundreds of acres of dense forest near one of Colorado Springs Utilities’ reservoirs through a $1 million grant. Contracted crews will remove trees across 300 acres to reduce the high risk of catastrophic wildfire near North Catamount Reservoir south of U.S. 24, said Luke Cherney, a forester…
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Colorado Springs Utilities rates could be lower than anticipated this winter
Colorado Springs Utilities expects rates will be lower than previously anticipated this winter. Estimates presented to the Utilities board Wednesday showed an average December bill could be around $340 about $30 lower than originally anticipated, a presentation showed. Colorado Springs Utilities expects bills on par with last winter The cost of electricity and natural gas…
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El Paso County commissioners question how proposed water rule could affect future annexations
El Paso County commissioners on Monday questioned how a proposed water rule in Colorado Springs could affect future annexations but received unclear answers from Colorado Springs Utilities representatives as the city considers the ordinance. Over the last four weeks Colorado Springs has mulled a proposed rule that would require the utility to have 130% of…
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Proposed water rule that could limit annexations sparks fierce opposition
The titanic issues of limited water supply and the housing shortage clashed at the Colorado Springs Utilities board meeting Wednesday, along with major players in the housing industry. At the center of the debate is a proposed city ordinance that would require Utilities to have 130% of the water required to serve existing demand and the projected…
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With Drake’s closure, Colorado Springs Utilities to temporarily buy power on open market
Colorado Springs Utilities will end natural gas power production at the downtown Martin Drake Power Plant Thursday as the agency moves toward cleaner electricity generation. Drake is one of the last urban power plants in the country to close and, ultimately, Utilities plans to reclaim the entire downtown site, a process that could take several…
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Colorado Springs Utilities to end power production at Drake
Colorado Springs Utilities will shut down power production at the downtown Martin Drake Power Plant on Thursday as part of long-term plans to take down one of the last remaining urban power plants in the country. “Today’s milestone is bittersweet because it marks the end of an era. Our city will move forward with…
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Natural gas units going up at Drake Power Plant, deconstruction of building likely years out
Six new natural gas units are going up where a colossal coal pile once stood at the Martin Drake Power Plant, a major step toward dismantling the aging blue building in downtown. Colorado Springs Utilities started work preparing for the new $120 million units shortly after the power plant burned coal for the last time…
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Colorado snowpack strong, but not yet enough to recover from drought conditions
As wintry weather moves in Monday, forecasters are rooting for many more wet and snowy spring days to help the state recover from drought conditions. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows, as of Thursday, much of the state is in moderate or severe drought, despite strong snowpack across Colorado. The snowpack is tracking close to average…
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Key figure behind major Colorado Springs water deal has his share of critics
Colorado Springs Utilities is celebrating what it believes will be a historic water-sharing agreement that would benefit agriculture in the Lower Arkansas River region as well as boost the city’s own water supplies. But there are others who point to the record of Karl Nyquist, a key figure behind the deal, as a reason to…