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SUBJECT: COMMUNITY ENERGY DISCUSSION <br />DATE: MARCH 9, 2021 Page 7 of 13 <br />-Commercial/industrial <br />users would pay more <br />since fee is based on <br />sector <br />-Enrollment for Xcel <br />programs may <br />fluctuate <br />-Additional cost <br />burden during COVID <br />-Administrative <br />burden on City <br />Excise Tax <br />-Either uniform rate <br />-Funding <br />-May receive <br />across all sectors or <br />mechanism tied <br />pushback from Xcel <br />separate rates for <br />to energy use <br />on excise tax <br />residential and <br />-Specific to what <br />-Commercial/ <br />commercial/ industrial <br />City is trying to <br />industrial users would <br />premises per kilowatt <br />accomplish <br />pay more since tax is <br />hour of electricity <br />-Xcel <br />applied by kilowatt <br />consumption <br />administration of <br />hour <br />-City of Boulder <br />tax collection <br />-Customers who <br />adopted excise tax for <br />would alleviate <br />participate in other <br />similar purpose in 2007 <br />burden on City <br />Xcel efficiency/ <br />and voters extended in <br />-Similar tax <br />renewable programs <br />2015 <br />adopted by <br />would not be exempt <br />-City has authority to <br />Boulder <br />-Enrollment for Xcel <br />adopt excise tax and <br />programs may <br />Xcel would be required <br />fluctuate <br />to add the charge to <br />-Additional cost <br />their billing <br />burden during COVID <br />-When asked in 2020, <br />Xcel was not supportive <br />of recreating this tax in <br />other communities and <br />questioned the legality <br />of adopting a tax that <br />would only apply to <br />them as the primary <br />energy provider <br />-Upon legal analysis, <br />the City Attorney found <br />that such a charge <br />would be passed onto <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION <br />r., <br />