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Empowering Boulder's Clean Energy Goal: 100% Renewable Electricity by 2030

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Xcel/City Oversight Page Updated

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1/20/22 Empower Hour: Customers Can Enable Low-cost Clean Power

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Oversight: Xcel/City of Boulder Accountability

We support maximizing the partnership to benefit Boulder and further our renewable energy goals. We intend to monitor and report on the City/Xcel Agreement projects, costs, progress, while educating our community about industry innovation and opportunities to engage on this critical topic.

See more details on the Oversight page

Education & Events

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1/20/22 Empower Hour: Customers Can Enable Low-cost Clean Power

See the Events page for all event details & videos

Video is up for all of the 2021 Empower Hours, including John Farrell of the Institute for Local Self Reliance, and EcoCycle on the Role of Zero Waste as a Climate Solution. 

Innovation & Inspiring News

Big Oil Suffers Setbacks, Forced To Deal With Climate Change — Rachel Maddow Show
And, Reimagining the Future, like Rethinking Energy — Tony Seba, an energy thought leader we follow.

See these videos and more on the News page 

Action

Action Alert: PUC Testimony Needed – See the Action page

Step 1: Join our mailing list
Step 2: Plan to attend our next Empower Hour
Step 3: See more local and statewide actions you can take on the Action page.

View the Action page for ways to make an impact

Empower Our Future

A Boulder-based coalition of organizations and individuals in support of local clean power.

Over the past 8 years, Boulder voted 4 times to move forward toward public power. In 2020, voters confirmed strong support for more renewable energy, although public power came up short — but not by much. The City has re-entered into a 20-year franchise (pending PUC approval) with Xcel Energy, albeit with 5 year off-ramps — the first being in 2025. While not the path we believe is best for Boulder or that should be imposed on Colorado, we do support maximizing the partnership to benefit our renewable energy goals. We intend to monitor and report on the City/Xcel Agreement projects, costs, progress, while educating our community and our state about industry innovation and opportunities to engage on this critical topic.

Don't Miss the January 20 Empower Hour:

Electricity customers can enable low-cost clean power. Will they?

Register for the Empower Hour 1/20/22 with Ron Sinton

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