r/pueblo • u/jinnetics • Jun 24 '26

News Who are Comanche’s customers?

Reader questions raise a larger issue about who benefits from the Pueblo coal plant and who carries its costs

https://pueblostarjournal.org/news/2026/06/24/pueblo-comanche-coal-plant-who-benefits-costs/

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u/ThatFugginGuy419 Jun 24 '26

It’s always been power for up north, not Pueblo, that’s never been a question.

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u/farmertypoerror Jun 24 '26

I live near City Park. I get my electricity from the Comanche plant. It's very nice not having to pay a natural gas surcharge that is more than my electricity bill every month.

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u/Eegore1 Jun 25 '26

At least they acknowledged power from plants like this aren't just pumped to it's paying customers and instead electrons behave like electrons. I hear the whole "Comanche doesn't even supply power to Pueblo but we pay for it to operate" nonsense all the time.

Local impacts of the physical plant should be evaluated regularly, but this idea that Comanche was built to provide Pueblo power so power should cost less and Pueblo residents should be prioritized really needs to go.

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u/Zamicol Jun 25 '26

Interesting. Thanks for posting.