Fort Collins Sustainability Group

On December 6th of 2011, the Fort Collins City Council approved an ordinance on second reading that will put a tiered residential electric energy rate in place in February 2012. The Fort Collins Sustainability Group worked hard to support implementation of a tiered residential electric rate over a one and a half year period, and was pleased by the passage of this ordinance. Our reasons for supporting the ordinance follow.

Originally appeared in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on December 5, 2011

The tiered residential electric rate ordinance recently given initial approval by the Fort Collins City Council will keep annual bill increases below wholesale cost inflation for most customers. It will do this while encouraging conservation and discouraging excessive energy use. Unfortunately, the Coloradoan’s coverage of this story (11/22/11) focused on summer bills of customers using significantly more energy than average to suggest that huge increases are in store for many area residents.

Originally appeared in the Fort Collins Coloradoan on August 20, 2011

Thumbs up to Fort Collins for reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 11% between 2005 and 2010. This achievement significantly exceeds the 3% emissions reduction goal for 2012 for which the Fort Collins Sustainability Group successfully advocated several years ago.

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