How much delayed retirement for Xcel’s coal-burning unit?
Proposed agreement would allow continued use of Comanche 2 through 2027. Speakers urge PUC commissioners to minimize use to bare minimum — or less.
Crazy times in Colorado’s energy world
Electric cooperatives hear about the twists and turns of nuclear energy, data centers and SPP’s new balancing authority
How this Colorado River disaster can be averted
Brad Udall remains hopeful a settlement will be negotiated but warns that huge changes will be needed in response to climate change. Might prior appropriation be one of them?
Kate Marvel on spite as a climate strategy
Author and former climate scientist at NASA tells Kansas audience why she sees hope as irrelevant and what courage looks like
An astonishing year for heat in Colorado
Heat across state surpassed old record set in 1934 by two degrees. And, of course, snowpack was worst ever, too.
And what if Ken Salazar had become president?
New book says he would have made climate change a major plank. But what exactly did he have in mind? I tried, with marginal success, to get an answer.
The miracle of soil and its challenges
Land Institute’s lead soil scientist explains why good soil is so important to the future of people
Very junior, but water rights they are
Platte River Water Partnership completes a necessary step in effort to capture remaining water entitled to Colorado before it flows into Nebraska
Last winter’s snow drought and the thick fingerprints of climate change
Study used new techniques to conclude that accumulating greenhouse gases likely made last winter’s strange winter 14 times more likely
Jared Polis on money spent on wildfire risk
As Xcel Energy begins spending $1.9 in preventative work, governor outlines what he believes should be the test for spending
Xcel’s Robert Kenney on storage and other thoughts
CEO of Colorado’s largest electric utility tells conference-goers that storage is a crucial part of the still-evolving decarbonization effort
Solar-powered ski lifts in Colorado?
OK, the sun produces less in winter. But combined with storage and a major project near Cortez, it’s possible several resorts in SW Colorado could soon be powered by solar on some days.
