a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:889:"<span style="font-size: larger;">Xcel Energy in Colorado failed to deliver on many promises regarding its smart grid pilot program in Boulder, Colorado and now the utility is seeking full recovery from rate payers for the $44.5 million it spent on the program.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">This is the same program that DTE and Consumers Energy are forcing down utility customers throats here in Michigan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">To read more on the failure of the Smart Meter program in Colorado read the following article:</span><br />
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<a href="http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2012/09/07/xcel-pushes-rate-hikes-its-failed-smart-meter-project"><span style="font-size: larger;">http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2012/09/07/xcel-pushes-rate-hikes-its-failed-smart-meter-project</span></a><br />
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