Firmer but still sort of pudgy numbers for Tri-State members eyeing the door
FERC issued documents that seem to provide Tri-State G&T members a clear idea about the cost of exiting. As always, there are asterisks aplenty.
A freight train of thoughts about the Colorado River
Becky Mitchell, Colorado’s chief negotiator on the Colorado River, demands that the lower-basin states take meaningful action on correcting the ‘structural deficit’
Bill limiting nonfunctional turf planting clears Colorado Senate
Minor pushback to proposed limits on new water-thirsty grasses in areas that get little or no foot traffic
What explains the sold-out water conferences?
The Colorado Water Congress is sold out again, this time a month in advance. How much do the Colorado River problems explain this surge?
Semaphores of a passing era in Colorado Springs
The Martin Drake Power Plant last burned coal in 2021 and now the smokestacks are coming down, too. Natural gas combustion will continue at the site indefinitely.
Rethinking electricity (and energy) at the very local level
It’s time to build the damn train! A peek at rail and other energy- and climate-related legislation at the Colorado Capitol
Solar time-out & other snippets from BP 81
Northwest Colorado gets grant, Tri-State a new CFO & other snippets from Colorado’s ever-shifting energy landscape
United Power adds 34 megawatts of battery storage to its future
Cooperative puts together storages, natural gas and other pieces for when it leaves Tri-State on Jan. 1
What transmission will Colorado need in next 20 years?
Study now underway seeks to deliver answers crucial for state to attain GHG reduction goals.
Carbon capture, an opportunity or a waste of money?
Colorado legislators plan legal governance for carbon sequestration. Gov. Jared Polis to talk it up at a conference in Denver. But in Aspen, Joe Romm says the case for CCS is incredibly weak
Colorado bill proposes to include nuclear as a clean energy resource
Half of nation’s clean energy comes from nuclear. But new nuclear looks very, very expensive
Study examines impacts of wind farms on birds and also fossil fuel drilling
Researcher’s methodology found far more impacts from oil-and-gas drilling than from wind turbines. A Wyoming wildlife biologist doesn’t completely buy the study’s conclusions.
