Colorado Springs Utilities took full control Monday of the NeuStream scrubber system used to remove sulfur dioxide emissions from the coal-fired Martin Drake Power Plant. Neumann Systems Group Inc., which designed the system, had been completing installation and testing of the scrubbers. Now, with new federal SO2 emissions standards kicking into gear in December 2017, Utilities workers will test the scrubber system in Drake Units 6 and 7 "to optimize performance," Utilities announced in a news release. Neumann won a controversial single-bid contract for the SO2-reduction project in 2011. Earlier this year, repeated tests on Unit 7 showed the capture of sulfur dioxide at more than 97 percent, with the first test Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette