Tag: utility bills
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Focus groups, fees and plug-in panels: Interest in home solar grows in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Utilities will take another run at enacting new fees for residents who connect their home solar panels to the power grid as the popularity of solar energy continues to grow. At a Utilities Board committee meeting scheduled for May 18, staff members are expected to present a new model for updating the net…
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Colorado Springs may add temporary charge to utility bills to cover natural gas replacements
Colorado Springs Utilities customers could see a new fee on their bills later this year as Utilities embarks on a massive replacement project for natural gas lines. The Utilities Board advanced a proposal at its Wednesday meeting to add a temporary charge to all customer bills — around $8 per month to residential bills and…
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Colorado Springs Utilities CEO: Governor’s carbon reduction plan may be too much, too soon
In 2021, Gov. Jared Polis released a long-range plan to make Colorado more environmentally friendly by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Titled the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Roadmap, the plan called for the state’s electric utilities — which generated the majority of fossil-based emissions in Colorado — to reduce greenhouse gas pollution at least 80% by 2030.…