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A Resolution Authorizing the Acquisition of Real Property from the Heirs or Devisees of Teresa Pallas and Eugene D. Oddone, Deceased. Subject to Administration by the Personal Representative of the Estate of Each Decedent; and Josephine Ida Brenner, as Their Interest May Appear to be Used for the Kelker to South Plant Transmission Project
Presenter:
Travas Deal, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities
Jessica K. Davis, Land Resource Manager, Colorado Springs Utilities
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Summary:
Colorado Springs Utilities ("Utilities") requests that City Council approve a resolution that will allow Utilities to purchase real property ("Property") from the heirs or devisees of Teresa Pallas and Eugene D. Oddone, deceased, subject to administration by the Personal Representative of the estate of each decedent; and Josephine Ida Brenner, as their interest may appear, 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 decommissioning of Martin Drake Power Plant. The Project is approximately 5 miles long and staff have been working with several private property owners, Colorado Department of Transposition, Union Pacific and BNSF Rai...
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