E-mails from City Councilor Tim Leigh about Colorado Springs Utilities have drawn a response from Utilities CEO Jerry Forte – but that response might have fallen on deaf ears. Leigh routinely regularly sends out his “Market Report” e-mails to a selective distribution list. The Market Report was initiated when Leigh worked as a commercial broker, [...]
Continue reading …It’s been a tough week for Colorado Springs Utilities.
Continue reading …The Colorado Springs City Council has not yet set a date for a special meeting about the future of the Martin Drake Power Plant. Council President Pro Tem Jan Martin confirmed the fact, despite reports earlier that it was slated for 1 p.m. Sept. 26 in Council chambers. “I believe that’s Yom Kippur,” she said. [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Springs Chamber/EDC has become the latest group to weigh in on the issues of decommissioning the Martin Drake Power Plant and the governance and ownership of the Colorado Springs Utilities. “They’re just the latest,” said Councilor Tim Leigh, who also sits on the Utilities board. “The RLF (Regional Leadership Forum) is interested in [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs Utilities will offer $153.3 million in series 2012C bonds to individuals and other investors Sept. 12, according to a press release. The majority of the bonds – about $110.6 million – will be used to refinance outstanding debt at lower interest rates, and the remaining $42.7 million will help finance utility system expansion [...]
Continue reading …Following a long, contentious and apparently unadvertised public hearing, the Colorado Springs City Council, acting as the Utilities Board, declined to revisit their July 18 decision to finish installation of the $130 million Neumann Systems pollution control system on the downtown Drake power plant and defer any study of the plant’s future until 2013. News [...]
Continue reading …City Councilor Tim Leigh is at it again – dropping bombshells via email. This time, Leigh wants the entire board of directors for the Colorado Springs Utilities, essentially City Council members in a different role – to step down. He wants to suspend the current board and have Mayor Steve Bach appoint an interim board [...]
Continue reading …Tom Hudson, a successful real estate investor in Colorado Springs during the 1980s, had a simple business philosophy. “You don’t make money when you sell,” he used to say, “but when you buy.” In 1924, Colorado Springs voters passed a $1.25 million bond issue to buy out the privately owned company providing electric service to [...]
Continue reading …It’s been a tough three months for David Neumann …
Continue reading …Neumann Systems Group and its sulfur dioxide scrubber are back on track after the Colorado Springs Utilities Board of Directors voted to end the slowdown on the project for the Martin Drake power plant. “We’re pleased with the decision,” said Rob Fredell, vice president for Neumann Systems Group. The CSU board of directors – comprised [...]
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