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CPN Meeting Monday, April 21 at 6 p.m.
for response to Xcel Energy power line proposal
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The CPN Master
Association will host a work session at CPN's Community Center (7402 Yorkshire Drive) on Monday April 21 at 6 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to work on compiling CPN's community response to Xcel's power line expansion proposal.
We encourage
any and all residents who wish to work on this project to attend the meeting.
If you'd like to help but can't attend the meeting, or if you just want
to voice your opinion about the issue, please send your ideas, views,
and questions to powerlines@cpnhoa.org.
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Xcel Energy
is considering "rebuilding" one of the power transmission lines
that go through CPN and other parts of Douglas County, as part of their
efforts to expand capacity for electric service in Colorado.
Xcel will
decide soon whether they will pursue this project, or select an alternate
solution, to build a totally new transmission line in Elbert County. They
would like to begin construction of the chosen alternative in 2004, with
completion in 2005.
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If
Xcel decides to opt for working with CPN's existing power lines, our community
will be impacted in several ways. For example, our current power line structure(s)
will be re-built and will be obviously visible from all areas near the line(s)
- - the CPN entryway, parks, schools, and open space.
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More than 90 CPN residents attended Xcel Energy's Public Open House on April 16, in which Xcel answered questions about two expansion possibilities for significantly increasing Colorado's power supply.
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The
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Rebuilding, and making larger, existing power structures in a corridor
that travels through CPN and other parts of Douglas County. There
are currently 3 power-line structures in the corridor that goes through
CPN and other parts of Douglas County; two are large and there's one
smaller one. If Xcel pursues this project, they would rebuild the
eastern structure with a taller metal structure that would carry two
lines.
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Building
an entirely new transmission corridor through rural Elbert County.
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Click
for a
map of the possible power-line locations
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| Q |
If CPN's power lines are rebuilt for expanded capacity, how will the new structures look and how tall will they be, compared to existing structures?
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The new structures would be a taller metal structure, with a brownish color.
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Click
for an illustration
of the proposed structure
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Where
can you see an example of the power-line poles that would be
used here? There's not an exact sample nearby, but here are locations
to see similar size or color:
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To
see an example of a power line structure that is a similar size, check
out existing transmission lines at 470 and Quebec.
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To
see other power-line poles that have the same color as the ones that
would be used in CPN, see the power lines at Founders Parkway and
Highway 86 (east of Castle Rock), or at Santa Fe and 470 (north of
the old Hugh M Woods building.
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Will larger power lines mean more environmental hazard and more "magnetic fields" for CPN?
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The
new power lines would not produce a louder buzzing noise, and there
would be no increase in the area affected by the magnetic field.
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| Q |
Why
can't Xcel just bury the lines?
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Xcel
indicated that burying power lines such as these would cost up to
$10 million per mile, and that the only times they have done so, the
property owners in the area foot the bill.
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Visit
the Xcel web site for more information about this possible project.
For additional
questions, contact Xcel Energy:
Anne MacRae,
Principal Agent
Xcel Energy/Public Service Company
550 15th Street, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80202-4256
303-571-7353 or 1-800-621-9427
Fax: 303-571-7877
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Xcel gave
residents the opportunity to fill out opinion forms at last Wednesday's
meeting. If you did not complete a form the night
of the meeting, you MUST send it to Xcel by Wednesday, April 23! Fax it to 303-571-7877.
If you did
not pick up a copy of the form, download
it here.
Also please
share your thoughts about what CPN's response should be. Fax
a copy of your Xcel comment sheet to the CPN Master Association
at (303) 482-3078, or send an email with your ideas to powerlines@cpnhoa.org.
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