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Posted October 5, 2020 by Hank Pantier

A utility that would be owned by the city of Boulder. Shorthand for municipalization, which is the process of establishing a city-owned utility by acquiring the power lines, poles, transformers, substations, etc. that are currently owned by XcelXcel Energy, a publicly traded utility company based in Minnesota. and used to transmit electricity.

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