By: Óscar Contreras | Denver7
“I thought the power shut offs were outrageous,” said Boulder Mayor Pro Tem Tara Winer.
BOULDER, Colo. — At its meeting Thursday evening, Boulder City Council approved sending a letter to Xcel Energy regarding “major concerns” it has with their partnership.
For weeks, Boulder’s City Council has discussed the three-page letter, which reviews “whether the expectations set forth in the Franchise are being met, and whether we are realizing the vision set forth by the companion Energy Partnership Agreement.”
In the letter, Boulder leaders address several areas they are concerned with when it comes to Xcel.
The first is “that Xcel failed to meet both the 2022 and 2024 emission milestones.”
The second area of concern deals with the timeliness of advancing certain projects. The letter says the city acknowledges that “it can take some time to launch new ventures, but we also hear the frustration from our Community Advisory Panel about the absence of projects demonstrating material emissions reductions and from our city staff about some of the challenges they faced with, for example, the fleet charging infrastructure and streetlight acquisition projects.”
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