Title
A Resolution Authorizing the Approval of a Land Exchange of an Easement Located Near the Intersection of Delta Drive Hancock Expressway and a Property Located at the Intersection of Marksheffel Road and Barnes Road to be Used for the Kelker to South Plant Transmission Project
Presenter:
Jessica K. Davis, Land Resource Manager, Colorado Springs Utilities
Travas Deal, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities
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Summary:
Colorado Springs Utilities ("Utilities") requests that City Council approve a resolution that will allow Utilities to acquire an easement located near the intersection of Delta Drive and Hancock Expressway and dispose of a property at the intersection of Marksheffel Road and Barnes Road for the Kelker to South Plant Transmission Project.
Background:
On June 26, 2020, the Utilities Board approved the new Electric and Gas Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs). The IRPs commit Utilities to a new energy future that is cost-effective, resilient and environmentally sustainable. Aligned with our Energy Vision, the IRPs achieve an 80% carbon reduction by 2030 and decommission all Utilities coal generation by 2030, including the downtown Martin Drake Power Plant no later than 2023. The IRPs call for grid modernization, integration of more cost-effective renewable energy and incorporation of new technologies like energy storage.
The Kelker to South Plant Transmission Project ("Project") will provide a new overhead single circuit 115kV transmission line from Kelker Substation to South Plant Substation. This added transmission infrastructure is needed to support the Downtown network electric infrastructure. The Project is approximately 5 miles long and staff has been working with 19 private property owners, Colorado Department of Transposition, Union Pacific and Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) Railroads, and City departments to acquire the property rights needed for the Project.
Utilities desires to purchase the...
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