Colorado Springs Utilities will retire the Martin Drake Power Plant on Thursday ending the facilities 97 year history of producing electricity for the community.

After less than two years of demolition work, the former Martin Drake Power Plant has been taken to ground level, marking a dramatic change in the city's skyline for the first time in 100 years.

The years-long effort to remove the Martin Drake Power Plant from the skyline of Colorado Springs moves closer to reality this week as the plant will permanently close on Thursday.

The final smokestack from the Martin Drake Power plant came down June 13. The demolition marked a major change to the Colorado Springs skyline, where the plant has towered since 1925. In the years ...

The Martin Drake Power Plant will stop producing power on Thursday. ... Utilities expects to stop burning coal at Ray Nixon Power Plant south of town in 2029. At the same time, ...

Colorado Springs Utilities is holding a unique fundraiser selling bricks from the decommissioned Martin Drake Power Plant to raise money for families struggling in our area.