Tag: Ray Nixon Power Plant
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Colorado Springs Utilities Board approves plan to increase CEO pay to $700,000
Colorado Springs Utilities CEO Travas Deal will make $700,000 a year — a pay increase of $150,000 — by the end of 2027 under an agreement unanimously approved Wednesday by the Utilities Board. Under the two-step pay increase plan, the CEO’s salary will go from $550,000 a year to $700,000. The first increase would take…
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Bill to keep Ray Nixon Power Plant open longer heads to Polis
A bill that allows Colorado Springs Utilities to take an extra three years to take the Ray Nixon Power Plant offline is heading to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk to become law. The law moves the deadline for the power plant to be taken offline from the end of 2029 to the end of 2032. Ray…
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Colorado legislature could keep coal burning at Ray Nixon Power Plant through 2032
A bill progressing through the legislature could nearly double the remaining years that Colorado Springs Utilities can receive coal-fired power from the Ray Nixon Power Plant. Since 1980, the plant generated up to 260 megawatts of power from its massive coal-fire generators for Colorado Springs residents. The plant is scheduled to go offline at the…
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GUEST OPINION: Extending coal burning at Nixon is bad for residents’ breathing
Colorado lawmakers are currently deliberating Senate Bill 26-22, a proposal by Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) to give them permission to “extend the deadline to find an affordable and reliable replacement power supply” for its Ray Nixon coal-powered plant. CSU wants to extend the deadline to 2040, instead of retiring it by the end of 2029,…
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PERSPECTIVE: A reprieve for reliable Colorado energy?
The Sierra Club threw a fake “retirement party” for the Ray Nixon power plant in Colorado Springs a few weeks back. The media stunt came complete with balloons, signs, retirement cards and speeches. But maybe it’s the Sierra-Clubbers who should retire, given how hopelessly disconnected they are from energy realities not just in Colorado Springs but in…
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Environmentalists and Colorado Springs Utilities split on retirement date for Ray Nixon coal power plant
On Tuesday night, around 25 people gathered at Old Colorado City Brewing to celebrate Ray Nixon’s retirement. Nixon is only 46 years old, but the retirement has been expected for several years. The crowd delivered toasts and signed a poster-sized retirement card. “It’s just not ‘cool’ to hang on too long, like a pro athlete…
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EDITORIAL: Keeping the lights on in Colorado Springs
The returning Colorado legislature will consider bipartisan legislation to extend the life of the Ray Nixon Power Plant, owned and operated by Colorado Springs Utilities, along with other municipally owned utilities. That’s welcome news. It’s a needed response to requests from Springs Utilities to keep the coal-fired plant open past its current 2029 closure date…
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2026 around Colorado Springs: Stories we’ll be following in the year ahead
The new year will bring a new round of political questions and economic issues for Mayor Yemi Mobolade, the Colorado Springs City Council and surrounding municipalities to navigate, coming off a 2025 filled with rising prices for consumers and belt-tightening for local governments. While we don’t have a crystal ball, we can take a look…
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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…