Utility Fights Dirty in City's Battle for Clean Local Energy

Utility Fights Dirty in City's Battle for Clean Local Energy
Wed, October 12, 2011 - John Farrell
In just three weeks, citizens of Boulder, CO, will vote on whether to begin a big, formal process to unplug from Xcel Energy’s system and plug into local energy self-reliance. The vote to form a municipal electric utility could set a precedent for communities across the United States to keep millions of dollars local instead of sending them to remote electric utilities each year.