How Boulder Won its Campaign for Clean Local Power

How Boulder Won its Campaign for Clean Local Power

The opposition utility dumped $1 million into the campaign and outspent local activists 10-to-1, but Boulder citizens narrowly passed a measure giving the city the go-ahead to pursue a municipal electric utility with a goal of much more clean, local power.  Here’s a short video about the campaign.

Boulder Energy Future Reel from Walden Hyde on Vimeo.

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