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~-~ <br /> <br />Cool CITIES ~ <br />~~ <br />___ __-.___ _.._..__.. _.._._ 3 <br />Sitting along the astern edge of the Rc~ky fdlountain Frut~t, tide city of Fort Collins has <br />crnbraccd renev~~ablc enr~rgy and energy efficiency askey components to meet the city's <br />cnr rgy rice ds. In Z~~ii~, the City Council adopted the Electric Energy Supply Policy which <br />gum to"maintain high sy,t~~m reli~~hilrtv, rn~intain competitive electric rates, and reduce <br />thr~environmental impa~t~~f~~lr~tricityil~~n~ration:` <br />This program sets strong clean energy targets and isworking to produce 15 percent ofthe <br />uty ~ electricity with renewable energy,by 2017 and.reduce per capita energy consume- <br />t ioi i 10 percent by 2012: Over the full time frame of the program, Fort Collins.expects to <br />reduce its rllnhal warminrl carbon dioxiclP emissions by 472;000 tons. <br />Clean energy is not only reducing global warming emissions in FortColiins, but itisalso <br />saving money by reducing costs. According tothe city'!s municipal utility, the cost of <br />meeting energy needs through energy. efficiency is about 1.Zcents per kWh; while the <br />cost of providing energy is about 3.7 cents per kWh. That means that in Fort Eollins eher- <br />qy efficiency is meeting citizens' needs'at half the cost of energy coming from existing <br />power plants. <br />/lccordiny to A~iirf~ael 6. 5rnith, Fort Collins` Llti~ities General Iv1anager,"We are pleased <br />that some of our future energy growth ~~~ il! come from renewable energy sources. The <br />Electric En~ngy Supply.Policy is'a positive-blueprint forthe future:' <br />Funding for the city's effir rE'ncy and rear wabl~ energy programs comes from a 2 per.- <br />cent. inrrr as,~~ in arstorn~~r sties. Even ~~'it}i thes.~ increases, Fart Collins continues to <br />cn~oy electricity rates below tic state, a~ ,r .ge, and !~~~ill 5~» lower energy costs as a <br />result of thr~ energy cfi`icir~nry'prognms. <br />LEARN MORE <br />F;ead Fort Collins' Electric Energy Supply policy at <br />ci.fort-Collins.co.uslutilities'energypolicy.php <br />a <br />~~ <br />~_-- ~=, <br />Last yeas; vvitf-~ 7~3 percent of the vote, the citizens of Colun-~bia, ~ti1issouri overwhelming <br />ly approved a plan to require the city to increase its use of renewableenergysources; <br />like wind and -sour power, over the next 20 years.The measure will create a Renewable <br />Energy Standard that requires that the'city's municipal utility obtain 2 percent of its <br />po~~~~er from renewable energy by 2002. ramping up to 15 percent by 2022. <br />< <~lurnbiassucc ~ssful haNot mitrauve is part of a growrngtiatrunai trend of voter-driven <br />policiesto incr~ 3se the use of clean, renewable energy sources. Voters in Colorado <br />rr~ccntly approved a statµwide'hr,newable Energy Standard that requires utilities in the <br />state to produce 10 percent of rh~u ~-lectricitywith clean energy sources likewind and <br />solar po' ~~er by X01 5. <br />LEARN MORE <br />'~~ - <br />°~ ~ ;~ <br />°-~x, ~~ ~: ~* , <br />iY~.~~ '~ u, f~tL. z F ~ N ~ ~ ~ <br />~.~~ '~ ~ $i w as rz ~ c ~ `~~ r r ~~~~ rr~ 1 t. <br />J <br />~ ~'~ ``` of c`; <br /><~~ Y <br />~x°' } ;. <br />n-,~_~ <br />~F ~ ``~ <br />,~~+~~ ~' <br />,:' ;~ <br />~,. ~ ; <br />,, <br />~ . <br />-~ ,~ <br />f <br />` ~. <br />,4dditior~al information abo~.rt Columbia's rencrv~al energy standard isavailable rat <br />dsireusa.orgldouimentsllncentives'M004R.htm <br />