Tag: solar power
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Colorado Springs Utilities proposal for solar customers includes choice of two ways to increase rates
Colorado Springs Utilities would give solar net metering customers two options to choose from as the utility looks to increase rates for residents who have a home solar panel. The net metering program, which more than 11,000 homes in the city participate in, allows residents with solar panels to connect them to the city’s grid.…
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Focus groups, fees and plug-in panels: Interest in home solar grows in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Utilities will take another run at enacting new fees for residents who connect their home solar panels to the power grid as the popularity of solar energy continues to grow. At a Utilities Board committee meeting scheduled for May 18, staff members are expected to present a new model for updating the net…
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Solar users successfully push Colorado Springs City Council to drop planned Utilities rate change
Dozens of solar power supporters packed the room on Tuesday to ask the Colorado Springs City Council to remove a new charge for net metering customers from the next rate plan for Colorado Springs Utilities. They got what they wanted. The City Council voted 5-4 late Tuesday afternoon to reject the changes to net metering.…
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Fort Carson unveils largest, first-of-its-kind chemical battery installed on a DOD site
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A large new chemical battery at Fort Carson will help ensure the base can keep functioning during power outages and provide electricity when demand for energy is highest to save money. “Diversification of our power distribution protects our community against power outages and any adversarial…
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Fort Carson unveils largest, first-of-its-kind chemical battery installed on a DOD site
A large new chemical battery at Fort Carson will help ensure the base can keep functioning during power outages and provide electricity when demand for energy is highest to save money. “Diversification of our power distribution protects our community against power outages and any adversarial efforts,” said Maj. Gen. David Doyle, who leads Fort Carson,…