The coal-fired power plant in Pueblo is seen as so unreliable one of its co-op owners wants out – By Mark Jaffe (Colorado Sun) / Sept 7, 2022
CORE Electric says outages at Comanche 3 increased the cost of electricity for 172,000 suburban and rural Colorado customers
Colorado’s largest electric cooperative is seeking to pull out of its stake in Xcel Energy’s troubled Comanche 3 coal-fired power plant and recoup its investment in the unit.
The CORE Electric Cooperative, serving 172,000 members in suburban and rural areas from south of Castle Rock to north of Aurora, already has a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Xcel Energy’s subsidiary, Public Service of Colorado, alleging mismanagement of the power plant. The suit was filed in 2021.
“This is part of the lawsuit,” said Amber King, a spokeswoman for CORE, which was previously known as the Intermountain Rural Electric Association. “This is the next step.”
CORE has a 25% non-operating ownership in the $1 billion Comanche 3 unit. The 750-megawatt unit is the largest coal-fired plant in the state and is slated to close by 2031.
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