Fort Collins isn't the only environmentally conscious city on the Front Range.
Pueblo's
city council on Monday committed the city to 100 percent renewable
energy by 2035. Pueblo is now the third city in Colorado and the 22nd in
the nation to make the promise.
The city doesn't yet have a route
for its destination, partially because it doesn't have ownership of its
electricity provider like Fort Collins does. City Council President
Steve Nawrocki has asked staff to explore options for creating a
city-owned utility, which could mean purchasing its current power
provider, the Pueblo Chieftain reported.
The
council's resolution "was mostly a statement of our support for the
vision of renewable energy,” Nawrocki told the Chieftain. “But the fact
is, the city won’t have any authority over its sources of power unless
it creates its own utility.”
Rising electricity costs in the city were part of the inspiration for the resolution, which was sponsored by the Sierra Club.
“Many
of my friends and family are among the more than 7,000 households and
businesses in Pueblo that have had their electricity shut off in recent
years due to the rising cost of electricity,” said Frank Cordova, a
Pueblo Sierra Club volunteer, in a Sierra Club press release. “People
have lost their homes or have gone without food or medicine because of
the fees required to get it turned back on. We have the solutions to
this problem as the cost of cleaner and renewable energy sources — such
as solar and wind.
source: http://www.coloradoan.com
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