Tag: utilities
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Colorado Springs Utilities official, developers clash over Amara’s impact
Colorado Springs Utilities and the developers of a proposed new housing project seeking city annexation, Amara, are sharply at odds over the impact the massive planned neighborhood could have on the city’s ability to fund and operate its utility services. Developer La Plata Communities is asking City Council to annex 3,200 acres south and east…
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Outages planned during water system repair in northeast Colorado Springs
Some businesses around the intersection of Austin Bluffs Parkway and North Academy Boulevard will have water outages in May and April as Colorado Springs Utilities completes the second phase of a project to replace parts of the water system. Utilities said that the project will install new multiple-isolation valves on major water mains at the…
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Outages planned during water system repair in northeast Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some businesses around the intersection of Austin Bluffs Parkway and North Academy Boulevard will have water outages in May and April as Colorado Springs Utilities completes the second phase of a project to replace parts of the water system. Utilities said that the project will…
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Water restored in Manitou Springs after water main break repair
Residents of Manitou Springs were asked to limit water use after an emergency repair caused a full shutdown of the system Monday afternoon. As of 8 p.m. Monday, city officials say the repair has been completed and water is back on for residents. At 3:35 p.m. Monday the city sent out the emergency notice of…
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Water restored in Manitou Springs after water main break repair
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Residents of Manitou Springs were asked to limit water use after an emergency repair caused a full shutdown of the system Monday afternoon. As of 8 p.m. Monday, city officials say the repair has been completed and water is back on for residents. At 3:35…
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Xcel Energy says its facilities appeared to have role in igniting largest wildfire in Texas history
The utility provider Xcel Energy says its facilities appeared to have played a role in igniting a massive wildfire in the Texas Panhandle that grew to the largest blaze in state history
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Puerto Rico’s power company holds a massive debt. A key hearing to restructure it has started
A key hearing over the future of Puerto Rico’s crumbling power company and its staggering $9 billion debt has begun following years of acrimonious talks between the U.S. territory’s government and creditors seeking to recover their investments
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Tipping Point: Urban Demands on the Colorado River
Urban areas in the West and water districts are working to conserve water from the Colorado River Basin as it continues to face its driest 22-year stretch in more than 100 years. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Colorado Springs downtown power plant may soon stop burning coal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Martin Drake Power Plant downtown is aiming to cease burning coal in September as part of a transition to cleaner energy sources within Colorado Springs Utilities. Utilities only has one coal burning unit left at Drake, a generator built in 1968 that produces 77…