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Pueblo commissioners spar over PUC filing and future of Comanche plants
Summary
Public commenters and commissioners clashed over a county filing to the Public Utilities Commission and the future of Comanche units 2 and 3, with residents urging renewable energy and at least one commissioner defending efforts to seek federal help to preserve local jobs and tax revenue.
Velma Campbell, a Pueblo medical doctor, urged the Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 4 to withdraw a recent filing to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and adopt a resolution promoting renewable energy, saying coal emissions harm local respiratory and cardiovascular health. "Pueblo already has higher than the state average in asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and coronary artery disease," Campbell said, and she asked commissioners to "repudiate and withdraw the filing to the PUC" regarding near-term procurement.
Commissioners responded with sharply different views about both the…
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