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Local officials urge PUC to add community resilience hubs, expand distributed resources in Xcel Energy plan
Summary
Jessica Burley, sustainability and parking manager for the Town of Breckenridge, speaking on behalf of Colorado Communities for Climate Action, told the Colorado Public Utilities Commission she wants the utility's renewable energy plan to include community resilience hubs.
Jessica Burley, sustainability and parking manager for the Town of Breckenridge, speaking on behalf of Colorado Communities for Climate Action, told the Colorado Public Utilities Commission she wants the utility's renewable energy plan to include community resilience hubs.
"Today, I'm asking the Commission to bring forward community resilient hubs as part of Public Services' renewable energy plan," Burley said, urging a focus on income-qualified and disproportionately impacted communities.
Burley said the coalition supports the City of Boulder's proposal to replicate New Orleans' community lighthouse model, estimating a resilience-hub program at about $6.5 million and proposing at least 16 centers across Public Service Company of Colorado service territory with at least one hub in each of nine regions. She also voiced support for accepting additional dispatchable distributed renewable bids…
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