Boulder official pushes wind energy

BOULDER – Customers ultimately could see lower bills and get more environmentally friendly energy as a result of the city council’s focus on electricity this year, Boulder’s deputy mayor Ken Wilson told a business group Thursday morning.

Boulder officials are trying to decide how the city will pay for power in the future, after voters in November approved a ballot question to generate about $1.4 million per year through 2015 with an occupation tax on Xcel Energy. The tax replaced a franchise fee that the city lost when a 20-year franchise agreement with Xcel expired at the end of 2010.

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