TIME Magazineのインスタグラム(time) - 7月15日 04時03分

A defunct power plant, once operated by South Dakota–based Black Hills Energy, looms over the Riverwalk in Pueblo, Colo. In 2010 the city—once dubbed the Pittsburgh of the West—renegotiated its deal for Black Hills Energy to provide it power. To do that, the company built a brand-new #naturalgas plant. The facility, which opened in 2012, can produce nearly enough #electricity to power all of Pueblo but came at a steep cost. Black Hills shelled out nearly $500 million to build it, a price tag that the company has passed on to consumers via higher electricity rates. As a result, today Pueblo residents face some of the highest electricity bills in the region. Black Hills has tried to mollify angry locals, reducing reconnection fees for struggling residents and supporting a small-scale #solar project in a low-income neighborhood. But as long as Black Hills is in the picture, Pueblo’s push to go fully green may be impossible. So city leaders are trying to exit their 20-year contract with the company early. The process would require the city to condemn Black Hills’ assets, force the company to hand over its local infrastructure and potentially form its own nonprofit utility. Ditching the contract midway through is an extreme step, one that Black Hills has acknowledged in SEC filings as a threat to its business. But the most committed locals say it’s the only viable way to meet their goal. Read more on TIME.com. Photograph by @jamiekripke for TIME

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