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April 2017
Special Event: Thursday, April 13 from 8-10 a.m.
Leon Young Service Center, 1521 Hancock Expressway
CEO Jerry Forte will provide an update on the latest utilities news impacting business customers.
To register, email Valerie Engstrom
or call 668-7468.
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Warm winter weather results in electric rate decrease
At its Feb. 28 meeting, City Council approved a decrease in customer electric rates, which went into effect March 1.
The electric cost adjustment reduced the typical commercial customer's monthly bill by $30.60, or 5.4 percent. The average industrial customer will save about $2,040, or 6 percent of their monthly electric bill.
With very soft natural gas prices and unusually warm temperatures, there may be another reduction on the horizon. Our pricing and rates staff initiates
Electric Cost Adjustments and/or Gas Cost Adjustments in a timely manner to respond to fluctuations in market price and consumption. As a non-profit, community-owned utility, we pass changes in fuel costs -- up or down -- directly on to our customers.
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Earth Month: Responsible energy generation and use
Although
April is Earth Month, we work every day to be responsible environmental stewards. One way we are doing this is through our Energy Vision.
Over the next 30 years, we will see a significant transformation of the electric utility industry. This transition requires us to think differently about how we engineer our system so that it best serves our customers and is environmentally accountable.
By 2020, we will:
1) Provide 20 percent of our total electric energy through renewable sources, and
2) Help customers reduce their electric use by 12 percent.
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Water outlook is strong across the Front Range
This winter in Colorado has been the tale of two sides. The west slope of Colorado, and our mountain watersheds, have seen heavy snowfall and are still maintaining an above-average snowpack in mid-March.
However, locally and across the Front Range, hot-dry conditions have been the trend. There was little to no precipitation and temperatures were nearly 8 degrees above normal. Early April should offer some much-needed precipitation and cooler temperatures.
Since Colorado Springs relies on the water from the Colorado River basin for the majority of our supplies, we are still expecting an above-average yield. Storage in our reservoirs is currently at 80 percent of capacity which is equivalent to 2.8 years of demand in storage. With the warmer temperatures we have experienced this winter, we expect slightly higher demands on our water supply, but are still in great shape for 2017. Click here
to find out more.
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Whether you're xeriscaping your business' yard for a drought-tolerant landscape or planting new trees, click or call 811 before you dig every time, no matter how large or small your project is.
Call or click
Colorado811.org at least three business days before you plan to dig, and utility lines will be marked free of charge.
The depth of utility lines can vary because of conditions such as erosion, uneven surfaces, or previous digging projects. It is important to request utility locates even when only digging a few inches.
Hitting a utility line could mean a disruption to your service, potential repair costs, and most importantly, serious injury or even death. If you hit a line, stop working immediately. Do not attempt to repair the damaged line. If an injury has occurred, call 911 immediately. Call 811 to report the damage. Learn more about natural gas and electric safety at
csu.org.
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