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Xcel Energy s $1.3-billion 750-megawatt Comanche 3 coal-fired unit went into operation in 2010. Comanche 3 is part of Xcel s Comanche Generating Station in Pueblo, Colo. It s the state s largest coal-burning power plant.
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Coal to feed the roaring blast furnaces of Pueblo’s steel mill was being mined a century ago at dozens of hamlets in the foothills of Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Range. Little remains today of those camps near Trinidad nor of the mine works at Crested Butte, Lafayette, and other one-time coal-mining towns.
We’re now in the midst of an even greater change. Get your photos quick. The smokestacks of the giant coal-burning plants that have generated most of our electricity during the last 50 years will soon start falling.
The Coloradoan sent a 20-item questionnaire to all Fort Collins City Council candidates, seeking their viewpoints and policy ideas about a range of city issues.
The Fort Collins municipal election is April 6, and the City Clerk’s Office will send ballots in the mail by March 19. Check your voter registration here to make sure you get a ballot. Council members are elected by district, and the mayor is elected city-wide. Check which council district you live in here.
Gerry Horak is running for mayor. The other mayoral candidates are Jeni Arndt and Molly Skold. These are Horak s submitted answers to our questionnaire.
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Xcel Energy on Tuesday announced plans to invest $1.7 billion in transmission in order to unlock 5,500 MW of largely new renewables projects in its Colorado footprint.
The proposal includes five new segments of high voltage transmission lines to connect more rural, renewables-heavy areas with more urban regions of the state. In total, the proposal would comprise a 560 mile, 345 kV transmission line that will allow the utility to reduce emissions in its Colorado territory by an estimated 85% below 2005 levels by 2030.
Xcel executives in the company s most recent earnings call had said the utility would be able to reduce emissions across its entire footprint 80% by 2030, in line with its current carbon reduction targets.