Dive Summary:

• The Boulder City Council is set to debate how city officials will know how they've met newly outline requirements for the municipal energy utility.
• The conditions for the municipal utility include a guarantee that rates don't exceed those charged by Xcel Energy and that the system's reliability must be comparable to Xcel's.
• After hearing public feedback, Boulder's City Council will the discuss its options at a session in February before the final vote in March.

From the article:

When Boulder voters last year narrowly authorized the city to pursue forming a municipal energy utility, they also approved language describing the conditions under which municipalization could go forward.

That language became part of the city charter. ...