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Residents and groups ask Fort Collins to explore large methane user fee to curb emissions
Summary
Multiple residents and advocacy groups urged council to ask city staff to develop a Large Methane User Fee (LMUF) proposal that would charge large commercial users above a threshold and return revenue as incentives to reduce methane (natural gas) use.
Several residents and local advocacy groups asked the Fort Collins City Council on April 15 to ask city staff to develop a Large Methane User Fee, a local charge on high-volume natural gas users intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and finance efficiency incentives.
Kevin Cross, representing the Fort Collins Sustainability Group, told council the group had refined the proposal over the last year and recommended a fee applying to users consuming more than 10,000 therms per year with a 15% rate on usage above that threshold. "Those values would raise just under $4,000,000 per year, which should be returned to those…
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