March 1, 2013

Utility customers in Boulder wait, watch

BOULDER – Businesses and institutions in Boulder continue to watch and try to understand the latest developments in the municipalization debate, even if they are not ready to take a public stand supporting or opposing the idea.

Boulder’s team of energy advisers and legal experts believe the city should be able to create a municipal “utility of the future,” according to a report released Feb. 21.

The report was prepared for the Boulder City Council and lays out strategies for the city, including ones that could lead to a legal fight between Boulder and Xcel Energy Inc.

A large team of city planners…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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