Tag: coal power
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EDITORIAL: Polis plays games with utility rates
It was only a couple weeks ago when tens of thousands of Coloradans lost power — many for days — because of deliberate, preemptive blackouts ordered by Xcel Energy. It took Gov. Jared Polis about a week, it seems, to forget their pain and declare victory over utility bills. “Colorado is #1 when it comes…
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Update: Incident near Ray Nixon Power Plant leaves one injured
A contract employee working near an ash landfill south of the Ray Nixon and Front Range power plants south of Fountain was injured Thursday, prompting the worker to be taken by helicopter to Denver. Neither power plant was involved or affected by the accident, according to Colorado Springs Utilities, which put out a statement about…