Late Tuesday night, the City Council approved language for ballot questions that could fundamentally change where and how the city gets its electricity for decades to come.
The energy ballot questions now move to a final procedural vote Aug. 16.
If approved by Boulder voters, the combined ballot measures would allow the city to end its longtime relationship with Xcel Energy in favor of forming a municipal utility. That, according to proponents, could give the city more control over where its electricity comes from — including the addition of more renewable sources of power over time.
The council considered two separate questions.
One would ask for general permission to start a new light and power utility.
The council also wrestled with whether to ask voters to double the existing Climate Action Plan tax or extend a utility occupation tax that Xcel is now collecting from Boulder customers.
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