Sustainable Resilient Longmont wants Mayor Dennis Coombs to commit the city to providing all of its municipal electric energy from renewable power sources by 2030.
The organization will ask Coombs — the city’s outgoing mayor — “to leave a lasting legacy” by proclaiming the 100 percent renewable commitment, according to one of Sustainable Resilient Longmont’s Facebook postings.
Coombs said Monday that he will not sign such a commitment on the city’s behalf, in part because of the probable expense to customers to cover the costs of completing the final stages of transition away from power generated by coal and natural gas.
“We can do a lot better” in the percentages of power generated from renewable sources, Coombs said, adding that it may be possible by 2030 for Platte River Power Authority provide 70 or 80 percent of the city’s power from solar, wind and hydroelectric sources.
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