fees
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Atop taxes, here’s how much each Colorado resident pays in fees
Each Colorado resident paid nearly $5,000 in state-sanctioned fees last year, according to a report by a policy think tank. The report, which analyzed how fees have affected Colorado’s economy, found that fee revenue has more than tripled since 2008 — to $4,692 — and is likely to keep growing. More than 30 years after…
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Colorado regulators could force Xcel customers to pay for troubled plant for decades
Colorado regulators would gain expanded power to order Xcel Energy to finance major costs for its chronically troubled Comanche 3 coal plant through bonds backed by a decades-long charge on every customer’s monthly electric bill. House Bill 26-1326, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission “sunset bill” that cleared its first committee on April 23, would let…
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Enterprise fees surge as more of Colorado’s budget escapes TABOR limits
More than 30 years after Colorado voters approved the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, a growing share of state spending now falls outside the voter-approved limits intended to restrain government growth. A new report shows that fee-funded “enterprises” — state-owned businesses exempt from TABOR’s revenue cap — have expanded dramatically, raising worries that lawmakers are increasingly…
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Pugliese’s bill to end retail delivery fees killed by committee | FOCUS ON THE SPRINGS
Less than eight months after Colorado’s new retail delivery fees took effect, Rep. Rose Pugliese brought forward a bill seeking to eliminate them. In 2021, the state legislature passed Senate Bill 21-260, a $5.4 billion, 10-year plan to build out Colorado’s roads and bridges, create more electric vehicle charging stations, boost mass transit and mitigate…
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Xcel customers likely to see higher energy rates as winter arrives
Colorado customers likely face steeper energy bills in the New Year if natural gas prices remain high, experts anticipate, even after coping with hikes in electricity and natural gas costs exceeding 50% in the last year, not to mention soaring inflation. Global demand for natural gas, caused in part by the Russian war in Ukraine,…
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Colorado Springs Mayor Suthers lists top priorities heading into his final year in office
Funding for roads, more support for police and fire, and fighting to ensure U.S. Space Command remains in Colorado Springs are among Mayor John Suthers’ priorities for his last year in office. Suthers is term-limited and would step down in April unless the already competitive mayor’s race goes to a May runoff. The early contenders…
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Denver expects to meet its revenue goal from increased parking meter rates
Denver has more than doubled its revenue from downtown parking meters in the first quarter since doubling the cost from $1 to $2 an hour, according to new figures released by the city. From January through March, Denver generated $3,775,066 in revenue from parking meter fees, while during the same period in 2021 the city generated…
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House passes bill banning courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance
State House members approved a bill on Monday to ban courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance companies. House Bill 1373 seeks to prohibit courts from ordering juveniles to pay restitution to insurance companies, though it still allows the courts to mandate juveniles pay restitution to victims. From 2016 to 2020, 234 juveniles in…
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Denver reinstates original collections agency contract
Denver City Council approved Monday a resolution extending the city’s contract with Integral Recoveries, an organization that manages delinquent court fines and fees over $300. The approved resolution is different from one that was proposed two weeks ago, which modified the contract to include debts under $300. Councilmember Paul Kashmann direct-filed the resolution this week…
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Conservatives target transportation funding in TABOR lawsuit
Colorado’s leading conservatives, along with a free-market group, are challenging last year’s law that created hundreds of millions of dollars in new fees to fund the state’s transportation system and other programs. In a lawsuit this week, Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, and residents Michael Fields and Richard Orman, joined Americans for Prosperity in asking Denver…