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Xcel Energy customers in Colorado face a proposed 33% rate increase, while environmental advocates are warning keeping coal-fired power plants online will be costly for ratepayers and public health.
The Comanche 3 plant southeast of Pueblo has a long history of technical problems and monthslong outages. After it broke down completely last summer, Xcel moved to keep Comanche’s Unit 2 open past its planned 2025 closure…