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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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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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Utilities to provide details on future of Ray Nixon Power Plant early next year
The first few months of 2026 will help determine whether Colorado Springs Utilities still plans to close the coal-fired Ray Nixon Power Plant by the end of 2029. The Nixon power plant south of Fountain has been scheduled to close by the end of the decade to meet Colorado’s goals to reduce emissions and decarbonize…
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Federal judge narrows industry challenge to Denver natural gas restrictions
A federal judge on Tuesday narrowed the challenge to Denver’s recent restrictions on certain natural gas appliances from a collection of industry groups, noting some of the complained-about regulations were not in effect. Last summer, trade associations representing homebuilders, restaurants, apartment buildings, hotels, manufacturers and fuel suppliers sued the city. They took aim at a…
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Colorado Springs e-bike policy proposal criticized
At a Colorado Springs Parks Board meeting Thursday, opposition mounted against a proposal that would legalize electric-powered bikes on city-owned trails where other bikes are allowed. “Laughable” was one critique. The proposal, backed by Mayor Yemi Mobolade, was first presented last week as the next step in the city’s controversial, yearslong effort to address the…
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Colorado Interstate 70 project keeps driving forward despite opposition from neighborhood
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Transportation’s massive project to reconstruct a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 70 is creating concerns for nearby residents in the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods. (Video by Skyler Ballard & Katie Klann) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “NEWS | Denver’s Central 70…
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Colorado Interstate 70 project keeps driving forward despite opposition from neighborhood
The Central 70 Project, a $1.2 billion undertaking that has left the north Denver neighborhoods of Globeville/Elyria-Swansea in a state of constant noise and construction for four years, has been contentious from its beginning. In 2008, the Interstate 70 viaduct was declared structurally deficient and functionally obsolete; but it was nearly three decades earlier when…
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Another push for Colorado oil and gas ballot measures
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The regulation of oil and gas operations, a consistently contentious issue in Colorado, once again may be fought over in dueling ballot initiatives this November. Four proposed ballot measures falling on opposite sides of the question could be before voters this fall, providing their sponsors…
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Another push for Colorado oil and gas ballot measures
The regulation of oil and gas operations, a consistently contentious issue in Colorado, once again may be fought over in dueling ballot initiatives this November. Four proposed ballot measures falling on opposite sides of the question could be before voters this fall, providing their sponsors collect enough valid voter signatures by the state’s Aug. 6…