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Two northern Colorado utility companies asked customers to conserve power after impacts from a record-breaking cold air system rippled through regional suppliers down to local distributors.
Platte River said customers are asked to reduce demand by turning down their thermostats and postponing the use of dishwashers, washing machines and electric dryers or other electrical devices until further notice.
Customers who need electricity to maintain their health or medical equipment may continue normal use, Platte River said.
Meanwhile, Granby-based Mountain Parks Electric, Inc. (MPE) said on its website it has learned that regional wind turbines have iced up and are unable to generate electricity.
MPE said that has created the potential for an interruption of electric service for the utility provider and its customers, depending on the duration and consumers usage patterns.
DENVER A coalition of environmental groups is bringing claims to a higher court that federal regulators incorrectly issued permits to an upcoming reservoir project on the Front Range.
In documents filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denver, the groups say that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers erred in issuing approvals to the project after years of public comments and environmental analysis, saying the agencies failed to include alternatives to the Windy Gap expansion as proposed, didn’t fully consider the environmental impacts of the project and used population projections as its basis for pursuing additional water supplies rather than actual water use data.
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GE Gas Turbines Will Replace Coal at Colorado Plant
The plan to retire the last coal-fired units at a power plant in Colorado has moved a step closer to completion, with the announcement that Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) has chosen General Electric (GE) technology to keep the plant operating at least temporarily as a gas-fired facility.
GE on Feb. 10 announced that six of the company’s advanced 34-MW LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative gas turbine packages will be deployed at the 208-MW Martin Drake plant in downtown Colorado Springs, one of the last operating urban coal-fired plants in the U.S. It’s the first time GE will install the technology in North America.