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The Breckenridge Town Council approved a temporary use of town land adjacent to Coyne Valley Road to support several tanks and equipment that will be used to supplement the supply of natural gas to Breckenridge when temperatures drop to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
Though it has been a while since temperatures have dropped that low, town engineer Shannon Smith said current models show that there are system constraints north of town. Xcel engineers are predicting that natural gas cannot be reliably supplied to customers during these extreme cold events without injecting either compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas into the system. According to a town memo, Xcel will dispatch employees when temperatures hit 17 below zero. National Weather Service data shows that the last time temperatures in Summit County dropped to at least minus 30 was in 2011, when the record low was minus 32 degrees. Other years got close though, with temperatures dropping into negative teens and 20s.
