Troubles among Colorado utilities
Colorado Springs says it can’t affordably meet 2030 emission targets. Xcel Energy warns about ‘resource adequacy.’ Bumps on Colorado’s path to its decarbonization goals.
Lines across eastern Colorado
Tri-State G&T’s 112 miles of new transmission along the Kansas border has gone live. To what good purpose?
Goodbye Fossil Fuels?
A victory parade may be premature. Two speakers in Vail lay out the progress but also remaining challenges. But Daniel Yergin and others point out that use of fossil fuels is actually growing.
Colorado needs good data center policy. This is not it.
Bill at Capitol proposes more carrots. Instead, we need policy that makes data center developers give us what we need.
Colorado needs good data center policy. This is not it.
Bill at Capitol proposes more carrots. Instead, we need policy that makes data center developers give us what we need.
Remembering Patrick O’Toole
I knew him in college, but what he did beyond amazes me even now. A product of Florida, he became a successful and thoughtful rancher on the Colorado-Wyoming border.
How two former U.S. representatives view today’s political milieu
One Democrat, the other Republican, shared their views of the Trump presidency, Colorado’s political shift and other topics at the Colorado Water Congress
Why it’s Lee Ferry and Vail Pass. But what if Trump gets involved?
To some it’s Lee Ferry. Others call it Lees Ferry. A primer on our geographical names plus conjecture about how President Trump might choose to upend tradition here, too.
Will nuclear formally be put on the table?
Legislative bill this year has more than one sponsor, including two Democrats. It might actually survive its first committee hearing.
Colorado needs up to $8.7 billion in transmission by 2045
First state-wide study to look at needs of all utilities
Will Colorado’s electrical coops get their New ERA money?
Trump halts flow of money to electrical coops from Inflation Reduction Act. Why some cooperatives think it’s a pause, not permanent.
Why did he want another four years?
Eric Blank answers 10 questions — including why he would want another four years as chair of Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission
