The coal plant was slated to close in a few weeks, but will stay open while its troubled neighbor, Comanche 3, is repaired.

State regulators approved a plan to keep the 50-year-old turbine operating through 2026 at Comanche Generating Station, a ...

Xcel Energy says it has received approval from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to keep the Comanche 2 coal ...

Xcel Energy's coal-fired Comanche Unit 2 is scheduled to close at the end of 2025, but a petition submitted to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) could change that. Xcel, the Colorado ...

Xcel said the Comanche 2 plant in Pueblo is necessary to meet demand for power while another, larger coal-fired plant goes ...

The Comanche Power Plant in Pueblo will continue to operate a coal-powered electrical generating unit that was slated for ...

U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd has asked the U.S. Department of Energy to prevent the 2025 closure of the Comanche Unit 2 coal plant. In a conversation with the Chieftain, Hurd cited concerns about potential ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Just last year, Colorado was leading the Mountain West in the transition from dirty coal plants to clean energy. Federal funding was assisting on rural clean ...

That bleeding has been costly. A 2021 report by the Public Utilities Commission staff found Comanche 3, instead of delivering electricity at a cost of $45.70 per megawatt-hour, as had been projected, ...

A Denver District Court jury recently awarded an electricity distributor $26.45 million after the distributor sued Xcel Energy over what it called mismanagement of a power plant. CORE Electric ...

Perhaps the sourest lemon among power plants is Xcel Energy’s coal-fired Comanche 3 in Pueblo. Built in 2010, but not online ...

"Generation at Comanche 3 is important for all customers, and we value all our partners who help provide safe, reliable and affordable energy.” She also noted that Comanche Units 1 and 2 are operating ...