Tag: Ray Nixon Power Plant
-
Secretary of Energy, congressmen push for reliable power over renewable outside CSU coal power plant
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said Friday that the Trump administration would continue to fight against state efforts to close coal power plants, including the Ray Nixon Power Plant outside of Colorado Springs. Wright was joined by Colorado Republican Congress members Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans for a tour of Ray Nixon, the sole…
-
Secretary of Energy, congressmen push for reliable power over renewable outside CSU coal power plant
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said Friday that the Trump administration would continue to fight against state efforts to close coal power plants, including the Ray Nixon Power Plant outside of Colorado Springs. Wright was joined by Colorado Republican Congress members Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans for a tour of Ray Nixon, the sole…
-
Utilities CEO Travas Deal details city’s growing power demand at event Wednesday
The future of Colorado Springs Utilities is built around major project investments, including the likely addition of nuclear power. Utilities CEO Travas Deal explained the growing plans for electricity as part of his third annual “State of the Utility” speech on Wednesday morning, given to a mostly full crowd at the COS City Hub. On…
-
LETTERS: Reflecting pool is old news; Colorado energy
Reflecting pool is old news My wife and I try to watch the national news broadcast nightly. I can’t believe the Washington, D.C., reflecting pool problem has received so much attention. One station has covered this story almost every night this past week. You would think that there are enough national or world news stories…
-
Colorado Springs Utilities Board approves plan to increase CEO pay to $700,000
Colorado Springs Utilities CEO Travas Deal will make $700,000 a year — a pay increase of $150,000 — by the end of 2027 under an agreement unanimously approved Wednesday by the Utilities Board. Under the two-step pay increase plan, the CEO’s salary will go from $550,000 a year to $700,000. The first increase would take…
-
Bill to keep Ray Nixon Power Plant open longer heads to Polis
A bill that allows Colorado Springs Utilities to take an extra three years to take the Ray Nixon Power Plant offline is heading to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk to become law. The law moves the deadline for the power plant to be taken offline from the end of 2029 to the end of 2032. Ray…
-
Colorado legislature could keep coal burning at Ray Nixon Power Plant through 2032
A bill progressing through the legislature could nearly double the remaining years that Colorado Springs Utilities can receive coal-fired power from the Ray Nixon Power Plant. Since 1980, the plant generated up to 260 megawatts of power from its massive coal-fire generators for Colorado Springs residents. The plant is scheduled to go offline at the…
-
GUEST OPINION: Extending coal burning at Nixon is bad for residents’ breathing
Colorado lawmakers are currently deliberating Senate Bill 26-22, a proposal by Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) to give them permission to “extend the deadline to find an affordable and reliable replacement power supply” for its Ray Nixon coal-powered plant. CSU wants to extend the deadline to 2040, instead of retiring it by the end of 2029,…
-
PERSPECTIVE: A reprieve for reliable Colorado energy?
The Sierra Club threw a fake “retirement party” for the Ray Nixon power plant in Colorado Springs a few weeks back. The media stunt came complete with balloons, signs, retirement cards and speeches. But maybe it’s the Sierra-Clubbers who should retire, given how hopelessly disconnected they are from energy realities not just in Colorado Springs but in…
-
Environmentalists and Colorado Springs Utilities split on retirement date for Ray Nixon coal power plant
On Tuesday night, around 25 people gathered at Old Colorado City Brewing to celebrate Ray Nixon’s retirement. Nixon is only 46 years old, but the retirement has been expected for several years. The crowd delivered toasts and signed a poster-sized retirement card. “It’s just not ‘cool’ to hang on too long, like a pro athlete…