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Northern Colorado Partners for Clean Energy Urges Platte River Power Authority to Transition to Renewable Energy

12/5/2017

 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 5, 2017
Media Contacts:
​Kevin Cross, Fort Collins Sustainability Group
[email protected] or (970) 484-3141

Karen Dike, Sustainable Resilient Longmont
[email protected] or (720) 363-7119

Gordon MacAlpine,
Estes Valley Clean Energy Coalition [email protected] or (970) 342-4668

Jane Clevenger, Renewables Now Loveland
[email protected] or (970) 532-9933

The member organizations of Northern Colorado Partners for Clean Energy (NCP4CE) are looking forward to the release of the Zero Net Carbon (ZNC) Study by the Platte River Power Authority (PRPA). We intend to review the study thoroughly in the weeks following its public release on Thursday, December 7
th. It is our hope that it will be a good starting point for discussion, debate, and further modeling concerning how to reduce carbon emissions resulting from electric power consumed in the four communities served by the PRPA to zero by 2030. Specifically, it is our strong desire that the final version of the study incorporate the following:

  • Avoidance of significant new natural gas infrastructure, such as gas-fired generators or pipelines,
  • Inclusion of storage technologies to meet the demand for power when wind- and solar-generated electricity is unavailable,
  • Demand side management initiatives to be undertaken by the utilities in the four member-owner municipalities, and
  • An accounting of carbon emissions associated with hydroelectricity that is based on the best available science.

“We can't afford to wait three more decades to close the biggest coal polluter on the Front Range. We’re already starting to see the disastrous effects of climate change right here in Northern Colorado with increasingly intense wildfires. We urge the Platte River Power Authority to continue to work proactively to transition to renewable sources of energy, including solar and wind. Future generations of Front Range residents are depending on us now to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and make the switch to clean energy," said Kevin Cross of the Fort Collins Sustainability Group.

Northern Colorado Partners for Clean Energy (NCP4CE) is a coalition of the four municipalities within in the Platte River Power Authority. The member organizations of the NCP4CE are: the Fort Collins Sustainability Group, Sustainable Resilient Longmont, Renewables Now Loveland and the Estes Valley Clean Energy Coalition along with our coalition partners: Transition Fort Collins, 350 Northern Colorado, Community for Sustainable Energy, Colorado Sierra Club, and Environment Colorado.

Sustainable Resilient Longmont Celebrates Longmont Committing to 100% Renewable Energy by 2030

12/1/2017

 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 1, 2017
Media Contact: Abby Driscoll, Chair of the Board of Directors
(720) 491-9065 or [email protected]

Longmont, CO December 1, 2017--- Today, Sustainable Resilient Longmont is celebrating a major step forward in Longmont committing to 100% renewable energy by 2030. This Tuesday, December 5th, Mayor Brian Bagley will be presenting a proclamation with a goal of 100% clean, renewable electricity supply by 2030. “We’re thrilled to see Longmont taking positive action to move forward in a commitment to 100% renewable energy by 2030. SRL has mobilized a grassroots group that has been working hard over the last 10 months and has shown that the people of Longmont fully support this transition. We commend Mayor Bagley on taking this important step forward to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and transition Longmont into a clean energy future,” said SRL Board Chair Abby Driscoll.

“The people of Longmont understand climate change and they also understand that fracking is threatening nearby communities and creeping up on our city borders, threatening our health, air quality and quality of life. It’s time that we take a stand to end our dependence on fossil fuels and move to 100% renewable energy. Market forces are also showing that electricity from solar and wind are getting cheaper and more reliable each day, including technological innovations in battery storage that have paved the way to make this goal feasible perhaps even sooner,” added SRL Board Vice Chair and SRL Renewable Energy Committee Chair Karen Dike.


WHAT: Sustainable Resilient Longmont celebrates Longmont committing to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2030.
WHEN: Tuesday, December 5th 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: City Council Chambers, 350 Kimbark

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