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• Questions Arise Over City Water Sales During Drought Play Video

  March 28, 2013 3:45 PM

  Questions are being raised about selling off Colorado Springs City water in times of drought. A second year of extreme drought has left our reservoirs low, at less than 50% capacity. Water restrictions and higher rates for some customers are also going into effect. "We're looking at a... more »

• Gas service restored to 3,300 homes in Mountain Shadows

  July 4, 2012 5:59 PM

  As more evacuees return home, crews are putting in long hours to make sure the utilities are safely restored. Hundreds of workers with Colorado Springs Utilities and Xcel Energy have been going door-to-door in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood restoring natural gas service to homes. Regulations require workers to access... more »

• Power outage continues

  May 11, 2012 11:44 AM

  Power is still out for many people along Fountain Blvd. near Mallard and not far from Chelton. Colorado Springs utilities reports there are about 520 customers without electricity. more »

• Colorado Springs Utilities reports water main break repaired

  December 3, 2011 4:53 PM

  Colorado Springs Utilities reports to News 5 that the water main break reported earlier this morning has been repaired and East Pikes Peak at Farragut is now open following a temporary road patch. CSU water customers should now have full service again. The watermain break was first reported at... more »

• Update: East side neighborhood still without water

  September 5, 2011 7:07 PM

  Residents of an eastside Colorado Springs neighborhood will still be without water for several hours after a large water main break caused some big problems Monday afternoon. It happened around noon in a cul-de-sac at the corner of Murray and Darwin. Streets split as gallons upon gallons of water... more »

• Pueblo library sues property group

  July 19, 2011 8:03 PM

  The Pueblo City-County Library District is suing a property owners association in Colorado City for $489,113 the group once promised to give to the library. The Colorado City Improvements Corporation says it now wants to give the money to the Red Cross. Members of the CCIC all bought undeveloped... more »

• Three utilities employees arrested for theft

  June 9, 2011 2:45 PM

  Three employees of Colorado Springs Utilities have been arrested for stealing items found in a shed. Detectives were looking into a theft at a storage building in the 900 block of South Union Boulevard. An anonymous tip led them to a shed and the owner authorized a search. Inside... more »

• UPDATE: Gasline break on Thames Dr. clamped off

  May 22, 2011 3:48 PM

  Colorado Springs Fire, Utilities and Police have responded to 415 Thames Drive after a service gas line was hit by a trenching machine next to a home. The gas line has been clamped off and crews are making sure the gas line is safe to leave for the utilities to... more »

• Power outage puts short delay on some Easter celebrations

  April 24, 2011 2:41 PM

  Colorado Springs Utilities has notified News First 5 of a massive power outage covering most of Southeastern Colorado Springs. A Utilities spokesperson said this is the largest outage in recent history and the sheer area of the outage was too vast to name all the bordering streets to give an... more »

• Financial help to pay heating bills

  January 31, 2011 3:45 PM

  If you're worried about your utilities bill as temperatures plunge into the deep freeze, there's still time to apply for the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP). LEAP benefits provide assistance to help families with their heating bills but are not intended to pay the entire bill. You may apply... more »

• Job of the Day: Business Support Specialist

  October 4, 2010 2:57 PM

  Colorado Springs Utilities has an opening for a Business Support Specialist. Job Description: The Business Support Specialist is responsible for providing high level support to the Energy Construction Operations and Maintenance Management Team to include the General Manager, Managers, and Professional Staff. The position works with highly sensitive, confidential... more »

• Controlled burn planned on Pikes Peak

  September 14, 2010 8:33 AM

  Colorado Springs Utilities plans a controlled burn on the north slope of Pikes Peak to thin the forest. The Colorado State Forest Service will carry out the project, which aims to clear underbrush on 115 acres of the city's watershed. CSU is worried about a destructive wildfire like... more »

• Job of the Day: Oracle/MS SQL Server DBA Lead

  August 23, 2010 12:17 PM

  Oracle/MS SQL Server DBA Lead -- Do you know what all that stuff means? Good! Colorado Springs Utilities has an opening for you. Starting Pay range: $75,000 to $112,000. The deadline to apply is noon on Friday. more »

• Road construction begins on Murray

  August 9, 2010 3:00 PM

  Traffic problems are expected for more than a month on Murray Boulevard in Colorado Springs. Beginning Monday night, Aug. 9, and continuing through September, Colorado Springs Utilities crews will be working to replace an aging cast iron water main underneath Murray Boulevard, between Platte Avenue and Galley Road. The... more »

• Electronic billing starts Friday at Colorado Springs Utilities

  June 17, 2010 2:35 PM

  Beginning Friday, June 18, Colorado Springs Utilities customers will be able to opt out of receiving paper bills in favor of a monthly email notification. Once a customer is registered for online account management , they can sign up for e-Billing by clicking the "update personal information" link and... more »

• Springs Utilities to lower natural gas rates

  May 25, 2010 5:03 PM

  Colorado Springs City Council approved Tuesday a decrease in the cost of natural gas to be effective June 1, 2010. The typical residential customer using 60 CCF will see a decrease of 5.8 percent, or about $3 per month. The rate was also reduced in January and in April,... more »

• Aspen area adds $20,000 to emergency aid fund

  May 13, 2010 8:56 AM

  Pitkin County commissioners have agreed to put $20,000 more in a fund offering one-time help to residents struggling to pay bills like their rent or mortgages. The Pitkin County Emergency Assistance Fund has already used up $20,000 budgeted for 2010. County commissioners voted Tuesday to allocate $20,000 more from... more »

• Council approves 12 percent hike in water rates

  May 11, 2010 7:20 PM

  The Colorado Springs City Council has approved a rate increase that will be spread out over two years. The fees will help pay for construction of the planned Southern Delivery System pipeline from the Pueblo Reservoir. Water rates will increase by 12 percent, or about $5 a month for... more »

• Colorado Springs to vote on 12% water rate hike

  May 11, 2010 8:46 AM

  The Colorado Springs City Council is expected to approve a 12 percent water rate hike Tuesday, the first step toward doubling water rates by 2016. The reason: to pay for a pipeline system to ship water from Pueblo Reservoir. The 12 percent hike would go into effect next... more »

• Storm was worst-ever for some Northeast utilities

  March 16, 2010 11:55 AM

  A three-day rainstorm that caused flooding and downed trees was among the most devastating ever to the electrical grid in some parts of the Northeast. New Jersey's Public Service Electric & Gas says the storm was the worst in its history. Consolidated Edison, which powers New York City and some... more »

• Hearings set on Colorado power line dispute

  February 1, 2010 12:34 PM

  Hearings are starting in a dispute between the owner of a southern Colorado ranch and the utilities that want to build a power line over the land. An administrative law judge will open hearings Monday on applications by Xcel Energy and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association to build a 140-mile... more »

• Economy grows at 5.7 percent pace

  January 29, 2010 9:44 AM

  The economy grew for a second straight quarter from October through December, posting a 5.7 percent annual rate, the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2003. The Commerce Department report is the strongest evidence to date that the worst recession since the 1930s ended last year, though an... more »

• Black Hills Energy requests electric rate increase

  January 6, 2010 10:05 AM

  Black Hills Energy has filed a request for an electric revenue increase with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. They requested the increase to cover the utility's increased expenses. By mid-2010, Black Hills Energy is looking for a $22.9 million, or approximately 12.8%, increase in annual revenues. This means a... more »

• Deep freeze causing trouble, 131 calls for help come in to Springs Utilities

  December 9, 2009 10:32 PM

  Our deep freeze is causing all kinds of trouble - from broken water lines to gas leaks and of course those dangerously slick roads. Every plumbing and heating company News First 5 called has all of their crews responding to calls, and Colorado Springs Utilities is busy too. ... more »

• Northeast learns lessons from '08 ice storm

  November 4, 2009 12:27 PM

  One of the huge pine trees that surrounded Sieglinde Poegel's home of 42 years crashed through the roof and landed in her living room during the ice storm that crippled much of the Northeast last December. "It sounded like I was in a war again. I lived through World... more »

• Xcel includes food bills as part of fee hike

  September 11, 2009 11:45 AM

  The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has asked Xcel Energy to scrap $480,000 from its rate increase request because the money was spent on employee-recognition awards, parties, and other treats like coffee, bagels, and doughnuts. The Minneapolis-based utility is asking the commission for a $182 million rate increase in Colorado. The... more »