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City of Boulder Issued News Releases

May 17 - City files petition with federal regulators related to local electric utility
- Boulder Petition for Declaratory Order.pdf
- Boulde rPetition for Exemption of Fee.pdf
May 16 - Boulder selects third-party evaluator to review electric utility modeling
May 16 - City Clerk completes review of proposed Charter amendment petition, outlines concerns about its legality
- City Clerk's response letter to ballot petitioners
April 30 - Boulder publishes detailed webpage explaining energy future modeling
April 26 - City celebrates opening of first community solar garden since legislative approval; reiterates its committment to solar technologies and incentives
April 8 - City attorney presents legal authority for providing potential electric service to some county properties
April 4 - City is not conducting a survey on ballot issues related to possible municipalization
March 11 - City of Boulder not conducting telephone survey on Energy Future goals and options
March 7 - Boulder's Energy Future upcoming engagement opportunities; business-focused conference call and open house next week
Feb. 21 - City releases findings related to possible creation of a municipal electric utility

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External News Sources

2013 Daily Camera Articles

June 18 - Xcel to host Boulder open house on enegy effciency, municipalization
June 12 - PUC to hold hearing on Xcel's claim to Boulder county electricity customers
June 11 - PUC to decide Wednesday whether to hear Xcel's petition on Boulder County customers
June 9 - Climate-change action is a conservative position
June 9 - Pomerance: Corporatocacy comes to local government
June 9 - Greenlee: More and rougher roads ahead
June 4 - Boulder councilman blasts charter amendment petition circulators
June 1 - Critics: Boulder using tax dollars to promote municipalization
May 26 - Ken Regelson: Don't sign Xcel's petition
May 26 - Pomerance: the latest attempt to stop municipalization
May 23 - Consultant: No room for error in Boulder utility analysis
May 20 - Xcel to form issue committee on Boulder charter amendment
May 17 - Boulder seeks federal ruling on whether it would owe 'stranded costs'
May 17 - Phil Fox: Give voters control over city utility debt
May 16 - Boulder raises legal concerns about residents' bid to force 2nd municipalization vote
May 16 - Xcel Energy admits link to Boulder group pushing 2nd municipalization vote
May 15 - Virtual Editorial Board: Municipalization vote, round two?
May 13 - Leader of push for 2nd election on municipalization is new Boulder voter
May 9 - Xcel ask PUC for Boulder County customers
May 9 - Boulder residents launch effort to bring 2nd vote on municipalization
May 5 -Finalists chosen for independent review of Boulder's electric utility modeling
April 30 - Boulder launches web page explaining city's municipal utility modeling
April 29 - S. Real: Can we trust the municipal energy process?
April 28 - Pomerance: Creative disruption in the electric utility industry
April 26 - Guest Opinion: Xcel's tactics to hold onto City are unethical
April 23 - Boulder firm: 22 million electric vehicles to be sold in next 8 years
April 18 - Boulder enters next phase of municipalization
April 17 - Boulder enters next phase of municipalization
April 15 - Boulder Chamber urges new city vote on municipalization
April 14 - Pomerance: Working group process is more show than tell
April 14 - Greenlee: More surprises ahead
April 13 - Boulder's municipalization critics cite risks
April 13 - Opponents of municipalization in Boulder hint at new ballot measure
April 9 - Xcel: Boulder has no legal right to electricity customers in unincorporated Boulder County
April 7 - Boulder city leaders aware municipalization's road can be rocky
April 3 - Boulder municipalization: City moves forward on two fronts
March 31 - Greenlee: Boulder's cloak of secrecy?
March 30 - Boulder to hire independent reviewer to check municipalization analysis
March 24 - Laughery: Share the municipalization models with everyone, please
March 20 - Guest Opinion- Kent Taylor: Expanding support for municipalization
March 14 - Boulder-area residents at open house skeptical about municipalization
March 12 - Boulder holds open house on municipalization
March 12 - Rates, reliability top Boulder business concerns about municipal utility
March 11 - Xcel Energy conducted telephone survey of Boulder residents about municipalization
March 10 - Boulder considering possible governance structure for city utility
March 10 - Boulder's energy future ideal is cleaner, cheaper
March 3 - Greenlee: Muni dreams or muni nightmares
March 3 - Pomerance: Moving forward on the "muni"
March 3 - Guest Opinion: Fostering competition through municipalization
Feb. 27 - Dispute over city-run utility in Boulder heats up with Xcel request
Feb. 27 - Municipalization finds favor with Boulder council
Feb. 23 - Boulder's municipalizagtion analysis has its boosters and critics
Feb. 21 - Boulder report: Municipalization would slash greenhouse gas emissions
Feb. 14 - Boulder: Annexation off table in municipal utility discussion
Feb. 5 - George Narcavage: Municipal energy models are objective
Feb. 3 - Tom Asprey: Modeling makes case for Boulder power
Jan. 18 - Judge rejects Xcel's request for $16.6 million in SmartGridCity costs
Jan. 14 - Shaun McGrath and Tom Plant: Exploring Boulder's Energy Future goals outside of municipalization

2013 Boulder County Business Report

June 18 - Xcel Energy to tell its side at open house
June 12 - PUC to hear Xcel/Boulder customer dispute
June 6 - Group hosts city energy talk in Gunbarrel
June 4 - Governance group set to advise council
May 22 - Xcel consultant questions city's utility model
May 20 - Boulder files to avert Xcel obligation
May 17 - Boulder taps N.C. firm to review utility plan
May 16 - Problems delay OK of utility ballot petition
May 10 - Group wants vote on Boulder energy bonds
May 6 - Boulder picks finalists to review utility plan
April 26 - Consultant sought to verify utility rates
April 23 - Boulder seeks consultant to verify utility rates
April 17 - Xcel still wants role despite council vote
April 17 - Boulder moving forward with municipalization
April 12 - Boulder, Xcel plan series of utility talks
April 9 - Xcel, city attorney spar over customers
March 26 - Public Service issues $500 milion in bonds
March 19 - Panelists city keys f0r renewable energy
March 12 - City-owned utility not seen as a bond worry
March 5 - City official to talk about municipal utility
March 1 - Report details options for municipal utility
March 1 - Energy advisers: Annexation not needed for utility
March 1 - Utility customers in Boulder wait, watch
Feb. 28 - Boulder: We've given Xcel enough data
Feb. 21 - Boulder: 'Utility of the future' possible
Feb. 15 - Experts to brief council on options for city utility
Feb. 15 - City: No annexation needed to form utility
Feb. 15 - Espinoza/Patterson: Getting down to business on municipalization
Jan. 4 - Boulder shifts timeline for mulling energy future

2013 Other Media:

Grist - May 20 - Susan Osborne explains why Boulder opted for a clean energy takeover
Denver Post - May 10 - Xcel asks PUC to rule on Boulder plans to annex electricity customers
Finance and Commerce - April 24 - The lessons of smart grid test in Boulder
Electric Light & Power - April 23 - Xcel Enegy on track to surpass CO2 reduction goal by 2020; Wind energy, efficiency programs and power plant improvements are credited
Washington Post - April 22 - How Americans see global warming - in 8 charts
Public Power Daily - April 22 - Boulder issues RFP for independent firm to evaluate plan to form a municipal utility
Forbes - April 21 - Boulder Battles for Control of Xcel Enegy's Assets
Boulder Weekly - April 18 - Hold another municipalization vote
Minneapolis Star Tribune - April 17 - Boulder, Colo., pushes to split with Xcel Energy
Denver Post - April 17 - Boulder faces a tight timeline in its push for a municipal utility
Northern Colorado Business Report - April 17 - Boulder moving forward with municipalization
Denver Post - April 14 - Price tag of Boulder utility switch from Xcel stirs debate
Twin Cities Business Magazine - April 11 - Xcel Battles Boulder, CO, Over Rights to Customers
Electric Light and Power - April 10 - Xcel Energy gives legal warning to city of Boulder, Colorado
Denver Post - April 9 - Xcel Energy says Boulder cannot serve non-city residents
Intelligent Utility - March 21 - Ft. Collins: Striving for Energy Sustainability
Smart Grid News - March 14 - More utilities are seeing municipalization nipping at their heels
New York Times - March 13 - Cities weigh taking electricity business from private utilities
Denver Post - March 13 - Boulder utility debate weighs rates, reliability, greenhouse gases
The Huffington Post - March 7 - Craig Lewis: Fostering Energy Competition Through Municipalization
EnergyBiz - March 4 - Boulder Preparing for Battle with Xcel Energy
Public Power Daily from the American Public Power Association - March 4 - Boulder report finds city could dramatically reduce greenhouse gases, keep rates flat, by forming a city-owned utility
Boulder Weekly - Feb. 28 - Is city's municipalization plan the next ghost at Valmont Butte
Boulder Weekly - Feb. 28 - Boulder's municipalization minefield
Denver Post - Feb. 27 - Dispute over city-run utility heats up with Xcel request
Denver Business Journal - Feb. 27 - Xcel files 0pen-records request on Boulder's bid to form city utility
Denver Business Journal - Feb. 27 - Xcel vs. Boulder: A long time brewing, and not nearly over
CleanEnergyAuthority.com - Feb. 25 - Boulder steps closer to creating clean energy-based utility
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Feb. 22 - Boulder sees upside if the Colorado city breaks from Xcel Energy
Denver Post - Feb. 21 - Analysis: Boulder can replace Xcel
Public Utilities Fortnightly - February 2013 - Will Boulder be the last city to go muni? Don't bet on it.
Denver Post - Jan. 24 - Controversy over Xcel's SmartGridCity project on road to resolution
Inside Climate News - Jan. 23 - Boulder likely to adopt its own green utility - and risks of going solo
Denver Business Journal - Jan. 16 - Colorado's solar-power goal: Grow it tenfold
The Blue Line - Jan. 7 - Boulder's Municipalization Prospects: An outsider perspective
Denver Post - Jan. 6 - Boulder mulls Xcel Energy's future

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 15:07