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Exploring Clean Energy Alternatives for Pueblo

  • February 26th, 2025
  • By: Colorado Fiscal Institute

Comanche 3 is a 750 MW coal-fired power plant in Pueblo owned primarily by Xcel Energy, with smaller partners CORE Electric Cooperative and Holy Cross Energy. The Comanche 3 plant is scheduled for closure in 2030 in line with Xcel Energy’s climate change mitigation goals. The question of what is to be done in the void of the Comanche 3 plant is already the subject of much debate.

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Prepared for Colorado Fiscal Institute by Kristen Seyboth of KMS Research and Consulting

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