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Opinion: Government utility takeover means a deeper Pueblo budget deficit

Read Ted Freeman's op-ed piece below where he talks about how Pueblo is already facing an $8.6M budget shortfall, and how the city council is considering a risky government takeover of the electric system—eliminating $3.4M in annual revenue and deepening the deficit to $12M.

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Pueblo special election 2025: City ballot may include question about leaving Black Hills

Pueblo’s future is on the ballot! A May 6 special election will ask voters to create a government takeover of the electric utility. A government takeover of the electric utility could impact energy rates, reliability, and the city's economic future.

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Pueblo city council votes in favor of special election on May 6th.

Monday night Pueblo city council members voted in favor of holding a special municipal election on May 6th, to ask voters if the city government should take over the electric utility. This is after voters rejected a similar scheme by over 75% of the vote in 2020. Watch the full story of the city council meeting below.

Electric Utility Municipalization:

Key Statistics and Risk Considerations

The vast majority of municipalization efforts in the U.S. over the past 25 years (i.e., the condemnation of existing utility assets) have been abandoned or rejected by voters because of the high costs and risks.

While owning and operating a municipal utility can provide certain benefits, there are many potential risks of municipalization that voters of a municipality must evaluate, including:

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