Esther Kisamore and Bill Sulzman, long time Ithaka residents, outside their homes. Pam Zubeck
A group of former board members of Ithaka Land Trust has asked Attorney General Phil Weiserâs office to investigate the nonprofitâs recent sales of nearly half its 21 properties to one chosen developer at prices below market value, while loaning $555,717, interest free, to the same developer on some of those sales.
The transactions represent a radical departure from Ithakaâs original mission, when established in 1981, to care for the poor and provide permanent low-income housing.
Attorney Jennifer Gilbert, with GPS Legal Solutions of Denver, says in her May 5 letter some of Ithakaâs actions â all under the leadership of Ithaka director Anjuli Kapoor, hired in October 2017 â might constitute violations of Colorado law, as the
Colorado Springs Utilities expects a glitch that causes some customers to see two-month total on their bills to be sorted out for all residents by mid-July.
The problem started in February when Utilities extended the amount of time customers have to pay their bills from 14 to 30 days, spokesman Jeff Rowbotham said. The longer billing cycle gives customers a longer window to pay their bills and addressed a common complaint that the timeline payment was too short, he said.
However, the change in the billing cycle caused some customers to see an incorrect previous balance due on their statements and a two-month total. The problem happens if customers pay their monthly bill after the next month s bill has been generated, he said.
An artistâs rendering of the Advanced Technologies Campus to be built southeast of Colorado Springs Airport Courtesy Colorado Springs Utilities
Ready for a paradigm shift? Not since the invention of the horseless carriage and the electric light bulb have Americans faced such radical changes in how they travel or power their homes. In years to come, skyrocketing gasoline prices could pressure citizens to either buy electric cars or use public transportation.
The migration away from fossil fuels to renewables also will mandate new ways to deliver power to customers, including setting up âmicrogridsâ of neighborhoods â areas of the city that would be largely isolated from the chief network and protected against outages caused by a major storm or some other event.
Colorado Springs Utilities announced Wednesday it will join the Southwest Power Pool next April, a move that will offer the city-owned electricity provider greater access to buy and sell renewable energy and potentially save millions of dollars over time. We do feel like it’s going to be definitely good for our ratepayers, said Lisa Barbato, general manager of the energy supply department.
Utilities entered a joint dispatch agreement last year that eased the process of buying and selling power among local providers like Xcel Energy. That has saved Utilities $2.4 million, she said.
The new agreement will allow Utilities access to a larger market for electricity, known as the Western Energy Imbalance Service, a subset of the Southwest Power Pool.
Ready for a paradigm shift? Not since the invention of the horseless carriage and the electric light bulb have Americans faced such radical changes in how they travel or power their homes.
In years to come, skyrocketing gasoline prices could pressure citizens to either buy electric cars or use public transportation.
The migration away from fossil fuels to renewables also will mandate new ways to deliver power to customers, including setting up âmicrogridsâ of neighborhoods â areas of the city that would be largely isolated from the chief network and protected against outages caused by a major storm or some other event.