Tag: Ray Nixon Power Plant
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EDITORIAL: Keeping the lights on in Colorado Springs
The returning Colorado legislature will consider bipartisan legislation to extend the life of the Ray Nixon Power Plant, owned and operated by Colorado Springs Utilities, along with other municipally owned utilities. That’s welcome news. It’s a needed response to requests from Springs Utilities to keep the coal-fired plant open past its current 2029 closure date…
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2026 around Colorado Springs: Stories we’ll be following in the year ahead
The new year will bring a new round of political questions and economic issues for Mayor Yemi Mobolade, the Colorado Springs City Council and surrounding municipalities to navigate, coming off a 2025 filled with rising prices for consumers and belt-tightening for local governments. While we don’t have a crystal ball, we can take a look…
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Update: Incident near Ray Nixon Power Plant leaves one injured
A contract employee working near an ash landfill south of the Ray Nixon and Front Range power plants south of Fountain was injured Thursday, prompting the worker to be taken by helicopter to Denver. Neither power plant was involved or affected by the accident, according to Colorado Springs Utilities, which put out a statement about…