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<br /> with very little say over the generating mix Importantly, the city remained less focused shorthand as three D's. "What became
<br /> that will be used to serve the city over the on the means—whether through municipal- was the community's desire to democr,
<br /> next 20 years, or over rates, or ambitious ization or some new future agreement with decentralize,and decarbonize the energy
<br /> i programs to expand the use of renewable Xcel—than on the end goals. tem," said Driskell. "We see distinct ad
<br /> energy. QasO aei;:llft®Shortly after the deci- tages in bringing decision making clost
<br /> Uncomfortable with a 20-year lock and sion to operate out of franchise,the city held home so that we can bring our comma
<br /> limited say,the City Council voted not to put a series of public meetings, titled, "Boulder values to bear.And we see the advantage
<br /> Ij the franchise on the ballot when it came up Matters,"to sort through the issues and find a highly distributed supply system that
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<br /> for renewal in 2010. What they did put on consensus on community goals. In terms of draw on the new capabilities of a smart
<br /> the ballot, however, was a financial mecha- the subset of issues surrounding Boulders to integrate and manage multiple source
<br /> nism to let the franchise expire without "Energy Future"a clear set of goals emerged. energy close to home. In the long term.
<br /> jeopardizing city services. The franchise fee First and foremost was the pursuit of clean want to reduce our dependence on exte
<br /> i Xcel historically paid to the city was more energy. This was at the heart of the com- sources of supply to the maximum ex
<br /> than$4 million/year."This would have been munity's vision. Second, there was a strong feasible."
<br /> a big hit on the city budget,"said McGrath. commitment to ensure reliability would not With the large talent pool available
<br /> "So the city put on the ballot a so-called`oc- be jeopardized; with large customers, rang- rectly or indirectly through the national 1
<br /> cupational tax' to replace the franchise fee." ing from IBM to the national labs, the busi- high-technology companies,and the uni
<br /> It passed by 70 percent and was in effect a ness community said they could not afford sity,localization would also allow Boulde
<br /> replacement in kind; it would be added to a blip. Third, competitive rates; the citizens capitalize on its expertise for economic
<br /> the bill, collected by Xcel, and returned to wanted to start from a position of rate parity velopment. "We want to become a cente
<br /> t the city in lieu of the franchise fee. Because with Xcel. "In summary,"said Huntley, "the innovation, able to export advanced ene
<br /> I; this type of pass-through already existed for community's goals came down to the three technology to the rest of the world,"
<br /> the franchise fee, from the customer's point R's:rates,renewables,and reliability." Driskell. "If we stop buying our power ft
<br /> of view,it was a wash. From the city's point However, the equally powerful concept outside sources, we can keep the mone)
<br /> of view,this provided critical breathing room of"localization" also emerged in support of the community and invest it locally in 1
<br /> to explore options and consider next steps. Boulder's energy future, referred to in local ter energy management, advanced tech
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