For Boulder folks (and others...)

[Alison]

Please Join Other Members of the Boulder Community for

A Bolder Clean Energy Future

Tuesday August 3, 2010

5 pm--Rally
6 pm--City Council Meeting

Municipal Building--Corner of Broadway and Canyon


The first step in ensuring that our options stay open is to move a
"Replacement Tax" forward that will keep the City's budget intact if
Xcel decides not to extend the franchise and not to continue
collecting and passing on the 3% franchise fee that is paid by all of
us on our Xcel bills and then transferred to the City. The replacement
tax is estimated to be about $4.1 million in 2011.

City Council will be considering this replacement tax and also the
question of whether to put the Xcel franchise on the ballot.

Last week City Staff recommended that the City Council pursue the
replacement tax, but not put the Xcel franchise on the ballot.
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_15640766

This was supported by a Daily Camera editorial on Sunday August 1,
2010.
http://www.dailycamera.com/editorials/ci_15642462

The goal is to spend 2011 exploring Boulder's options for accelerating
the adoption of clean, renewable energy while protecting and
stabilizing electric rates. The options are often framed as

Option A--Partner with Xcel and Pursue a Clean Energy Future
Option B--Municipalize and Pursue a Clean Energy Future

Other options may materialize as time goes on.

More information at

City of Boulder--Boulder's Energy Future
http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=752&Itemid=4484


Boulder Clean Energy Future Citizen Campaign
http://bouldercleanenergyfuture.org/Home.html


Clean Energy Action
http://www.cleanenergyaction.org/boulders-clean-energy-future
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Hope to See You Tomorrow Night. Please Pass the Word

This is an Historic Turning Point for Boulder



Leslie Glustrom with Clean Energy Action
303-245-8637
lglu...@gmail.com
www.cleanenergyaction.org