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TO: Boulder City Council Members, Media RE: Xcel Franchise – Decision Assistance from EOF DATE: 7.18.2020 To the Council, We appreciate the attention that you are giving to the negotiations with Xcel on top of all the other difficult decisions and pressures you are facing. Since this is a complex issue, we offer – below …
In a talk a few days ago at Yale University, Bill McKibben pointed out that even if every nation kept their promises made with the Paris Climate Accords, the actions are small and slow enough that temperatures would continue to rise something like 3.5 degrees Celsius in the lifetime of today’s college students. And if …
I suspect that many, perhaps most of you, are tired of this, believe that the city has lost most of its battles, that the costs and risks aren’t worth it, and that some wonderful partnership with Xcel is right there for the taking. And I understand how you might think that. But the facts suggest …
I respect Eric Budd’s change of heart on Boulder’s journey to locally owned power but would urge him to review what we will lose should we stop now. Xcel proposes a move to 55 percent renewable energy but it’s just that: a proposal. It’s unlikely to be realized, and even if it were we would only be …
We are going to vote “Yes” on city measures 2L, 2O, and 2P (2L-O-P) this election. We hope you will join us. Since voters approved the exploration of a city-run electric utility (muni) in 2011, Boulder has taken concrete steps towards establishing our own muni, like ones that 29 other Colorado cities operate. A clean-energy …
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