Visiting Bishop’s Lodge and the Colorado River Compact
A visit to where the compact was conceived in New Mexico in 1922 provokes questions about whether the agreement needs to be remodeled—or razed.
How renewables are scrambling electrical generation portfolios and lowering rates
Six towns and cities in SE Colorado will be getting electricity from a new wholesale provider, Guzman Energy, which is developing a portfolio of renewables.
Electric highway to the Front Range from the heart of the Dust Bowl?
Xcel Energy wants to spend upwards of $2 billion delivering wind and other renewables to Front Range customers. But what motivates Colorado’s largest utility?
How global warming will make Aspen wealthier
The actual poor of the world are suffering from global warming, while we Aspenites get richer, says Roger Marolt. This is not a crisis for mountain resorts and likely never will be.
Colorado energy gleanings
A dead-end on Aspen’s natural-gas sabotage, solar moves forward in Yampa Valley, hydrogen plan released, Vail Resorts hits 85% renewables, Fort Collins blows past emissions goal.
County officials say state stalls gas production from the Piceance Basin
Colorado officials were accused of stalling development of natural gas in the Piceance Basin. Meanwhile, was the public improperly excluded from a meeting?
A vision for the energy equivalent of locavore
Why produce your electricity locally when it can be imported more cheaply? A new study makes the case for community solar in Colorado’s Garfleld County.
Wyoming energy gleanings: coal and nuclear
An essayist makes the case that Wyoming shouldn’t expect nuclear to save its energy economy, and another essayist describes the way that Wyoming legislators have been desperately trying to save the state’s coal economy.
New Mexico gleanings: Hydrogen and securitization
Securitization an issue in plans regarding coal plant in New Mexico Public Service Co. of New Mexico, the state’s largest electrical utility, plans to get out of the Four Corners Power Plant near Farmington by the end of 2024. But its plan for doing so is drawing...
United Power looking for a partner to create a pilot microgrid in service territory near Denver
United Power, an electrical cooperative near Denver, wants to find a partner to develop a pilot microgrid. Other utilities have had similar thoughts.
Tri-State has cleaner energy, Logan County has a broader tax base, landowners have more secure income
A new wind farm in northeastern Colorado will give Tri-State Generation and Transmission 200 megawatts of capacity, helping the wholesaler pivot away from coal.
Japanese-American internment camp of Amache can teach us much
A Japanese-American prison camp called Amache in southeast Colorado can teach us much about mass hysteria and wartime racism. Volunteers have kept its memories alive, and now, Congress needs to act to make this place of privation a national historic site.
