Paul Aiken, Daily Camera
Xcel Energy stopped burning coal at the Valmont Power Plant in Boulder on March 3, 2017. Getting your player ready...
During his appearance this week at a Boulder City Council study session on municipalization, David Eves, the president of Xcel Energy — Colorado, revealed a piece of news seven years coming.
The Valmont power plant east of Boulder has burned its last trainload of coal, he said.
Xcel spokeswoman Michelle Aguayo confirmed Eves’ announcement in an email, stating that the company stopped burning coal at Valmont on March 3. Other gas-fired generation at the plant will continue, she said.
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