Fort Collins Electric Energy Supply Policy

Fort Collins' City Council adopted the Electric Energy Supply Policy (PDF 47KB) in March 2003. The primary goals of the Energy Policy are to:

• maintain high system reliability;
• maintain competitive electric rates; and
• reduce the environmental impact of electricity use and generation.

City Council expects the Energy Policy to provide a variety of continuing benefits to Fort Collins citizens, including:

• reduced utility bills from energy conservation and increased efficiency;
• delayed investment in new power plants;
• local economic development;
• cleaner air and reduced global warming potential; and
• continued high reliability and competitive electric rates.

The Energy Policy adopted general goals and specific objectives in four areas:

• Reliability objectives include continuing to provide the historic high level of service;
• Rate objectives include maintaining competitive rates and restructuring to promote conservation and renewables;
• Energy use and peak demand objectives include reducing per capita electric consumption 10% and per capita peak day electric demand 15% by the year 2012; and
• Renewable energy objectives include a target of 15% of total energy resources by 2017.

Fort Collins Utilities prepares an Annual Update (PDF 175KB) report to City Council summarizing progress towards the Energy Policy goals.