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Posted on 04/30/2025 11:44:16 AM PDT by george76
PUC Public Comment Hearing Info re: Xcel Energy JTS..
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The PUC invites community members to provide comments regarding Xcel Energy’s Just Transition Plan (JTS), Proceeding 24A-0442E. The JTS is Xcel Energy’s next Electric Resource Plan to address the acquisition of new utility resources to meet future electricity needs on its system.
The primary objectives of the JTS include fulfilling resource adequacy and providing reliable service; continuing progress on emissions reductions; and, delivering a just transition in communities where generation assets are retiring. Xcel Energy’s Unit 3 coal-fired facility in Pueblo will retire no later than Jan. 1, 2031, and coal-fired facilities in Craig and Hayden are set to retire in 2027 and 2028.
IN PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING:
• Who: Local community members and PUC Commission.
• When: 4PM - 6PM, Thursday, May 1.
• Where: Hayden Community Center, 495 W. Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, CO.
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Virtual public comment hearing:
• Who: All community members, stakeholders and PUC Commission.
• When: 5PM - 7PM, Thursday, June 5 - REGISTER HERE
• Services: ASL or Spanish interpretation services can be requested by contacting Holly Bise at 303-894-2024 or holly.bise@state.co.us two weeks in advance
Other ways to submit public comment:.
The PUC encourages public comments to be submitted anytime via online, mail, or phone at http://puc.colorado.gov/participate. Public comments should reference Proceeding No. 24A-0442E and are encouraged to be received by early July 2025.
More information is available at the PUC Electric Resource Plans page. The Commission is expected to reach a final decision in August 2025.
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Yet in the same announcement they’re stating that they’re retiring 3 reliable coal plants
Big bonus $$$ for the elite CEOs and .. retiring 3 reliable - paid for by the rate payers - coal plants.
Hello Spain
“Hello Spain”
Exactly. These people are scamming us to death and it’s with the help of the PUC.
PUC are utility versions of HOAs.
Xcel is a Minneapolis- based monopoly ... Xcel is guaranteed a profit on every dollar spent building new facilities. This is a tremendous incentive for Xcel..
During the 2017 legislative session, Xcel.. failed in the Colorado state Senate.. because it made zero economic sense to force Coloradans to pay to shut down our most affordable and dependable - paid for - power plants that run 24/7, in favor of unreliable wind turbines and solar panels that increase electricity costs while decreasing dependability.
After the session, Xcel changed its tune.. by going to then governor Hickenlooper and the Public Utilities Commission for something it could not get passed through the Legislature... as its Minnesota executives and Wall Street shareholders laugh their way to the bank. Kickbacks to .. ?.
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