Category: PRPA
Platte River Power Authority
Open Letter to City Council Urging Delay in Approving PRPA Contract Documents
To Fort Collins City Council – The Organic Contract and Power Supply Agreement between Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) and the four owner communities is being considered for revision. It is imperative that you NOT…
Open Letter to City Officials on Lack of Need for New Gas Plant and Exchange with Light and Power Director Walker
Dear Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro-Tem Francis, Assistant City Manager Marr, and Light and Power Director Walker – Thank you for meeting with representatives of the Fort Collins Sustainability Group (FCSG) and 350 Northern Colorado recently…
FCSG Statement on Need for Third Party Review of PRPA’s Integrated Resource Plan (Part 2)
The Fort Collins Energy Board, Fort Collins Sustainability Group, Sierra Club Poudre Canyon Group, Larimer Alliance, Community for Sustainable Energy, and 350 Northern Colorado have all recommended that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) or…
FCSG Statement on Need for Third Party Review of PRPA’s Integrated Resource Plan (Part 1)
The Fort Collins Sustainability Group appreciates the memo that the Fort Collins Energy Board sent to City Council last Thursday. In that memo, the Energy Board advised Council to ask the Platte River Power Authority…
Statement to Fort Collins Energy Board on PRPA’s Proposed Gas Plant
The Fort Collins Sustainability Group appreciates the memo sent by the Energy Board to City Council earlier this year challenging the tentative approval given by Fort Collins’ members of the PRPA board to move forward…
Open Letter to Fort Collins PRPA Board Members on All-Dispatchable Resources RFP
Dear Mayor Arndt and Acting Executive Utility Director Marr – The FCSG was very pleased to learn that the Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) issued an “all-dispatchable resources request for proposals (RFP)” on February 22nd…
Open Letter to Fort Collins City Council on All Source RFP for Firm, Dispatchable Power
Dear Mayor Arndt and Councilmembers Gutowksy, Pignataro, Canonico, Peel, Ohlson, and Francis – It recently came to our attention that Kendall Minor sent you a memo in mid-December responding to our campaign to encourage the…
Open Letter to Fort Collins PRPA Board Members on New Gas Plant
Dear Mayor Arndt and Utilities Director Minor – The FCSG and Northern Colorado Partners for Clean Energy (NCP4CE) continue to believe that the PRPA should complete its Integrated Resource Planning process before making any decisions…
FCSG Statement on PRPA’s Proposed New Fracked Gas/Methane Plant
This statement was extracted from comments made by Kevin Cross to the PRPA Board on September 28th, 2023. On September 28th, the Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) board considered a draft “dispatchable generation technology” resolution…
FCSG Statement on Platte River Power Authority Board Appointments
Updated on May 22, 2021 Resolution 2021-060 includes, among other items, the appointment of the City Manager to the Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) Board along with Councilmember Julie Pignataro. The Fort Collins Sustainability Group…