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WASHINGTON - Federal regulators on Monday proposed more than $1 million in penalties against the two companies involved in a fatal tunnel fire last year in Colorado.
The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $845,100 in penalties against RPI Coating Inc. and $189,900 against Xcel Energy “for […]

CH2M Hill and the City of Colorado Springs were awarded an Outstanding Achievement in Public/Private Partnerships Award for their work with Mayor Lionel Rivera and Colorado Springs Utilities.
The award was given during yesterday’s meeting of the National Conference of Mayors in Las Vegas.
The entities worked together on the Fountain Creek […]

In this month’s Reed Construction Data report about the Rocky Mountain region, comes news that Colorado Springs Utilities is ready to appeal a November water line ruling of Pueblo District Court Judge Dennis Maes to the Colorado Court of Appeals.
CSU plans to build a $1 billion pipeline to […]

An independent policy group has given Colorado Springs high marks for its strides in water conservation.
Springs’ single-family residential per capita water use decreased 32 percent since 2000, according to a report released this week from Western Resource Advocates.

Per Capita Water Use
Gallons per person per day in Colorado Springs

 
2000
2005
2006

Single-Family Residential
127
99
96

System-wide Potable
217
175
174

System-wide Total
245
201
198

The report names the Springs, […]

Xcel Energy Inc. will delay the construction of a Colorado state-of-the-art power plant that uses environmentally-friendly coal converted to gas technology to generate power.
Xcel is the state’s largest utility provider, delivering electricity and natural gas to more than two-thirds of Colorado’s residents.
Construction of a new “integrated gasification combined cycle,” power plant was anticipated to […]

Energy Outreach Colorado plans to distribute $9.36 million statewide through its 2007-08 programs to help households afford home energy.
The money which Energy Outreach raises through thousands of donations from individuals, foundations, corporations and government sources, includes:

$5.4 million for energy assistance payments contributed to a statewide network of 100 assistance agencies that operate year round.
$2.15 million […]

Average monthly residential utility bills
based on second quarter 2007 data

Loveland
$112.76

Colorado Springs
$116.00

Pueblo
$129.61

Gunnison
$135.29

Glenwood Springs
$151.64

Grand Junction
$155.98

Denver
$157.18

Greeley
$163.10

Colorado Springs Utilities is proposing rate increases for wastewater disposal and natural gas use during 2008.
No change is proposed for electricity and water rates.
If City Council approves the hikes, residents can expect to see monthly bills increase by an estimated total of […]