Why an update of Colorado’s roadmap?
The Colorado Energy Office plans to update the state’s greenhouse gas reduction roadmap. Here you can expect the biggest tweaks
Solar + storage at the pueblos
How Kit Carson Electric has worked with Taos and other pueblos in northern New Mexico to develop solar + storage
Bill Gates invests in Pueblo storage project
Breakthrough Energy Catalyst gives $20 million to test iron-rust storage at sites of two Xcel coal plants
Agrivoltaics & aquavoltaics, too
Colorado will probe the pairing of solar panels with canals and reservoirs. Can solar help solve the San Luis Valley water woes?
Growing eggplants & electricity to benefit both?
In Colorado’s North Fork Valley, Mark Waltermire grows hundreds of varieties of vegetables. Will he be able to add electricity to his community offering?
Tri-State’s latest credit slip
Wall Street sees clouded uncertainty for Colorado’s second largest electrical utility, but a bright future for another Colorado cooperative.
The latest in Boulder’s climate lawsuit
Climate lawsuit by three Colorado jurisdictions against Suncor and ExxonMobil stays in a Colorado court. No trial date set.
What difference will this new Colorado PUC director make?
Two former chair of the Colorado PUC say who is running the show behind the scenes can matter greatly in this giant pivot of energy systems
Pumped-storage hydro in Colorado
Renewables need storage, and pumped-storage hydro provides it. Will these projects help Colorado achieve its decarbonization goals?
Will nuclear energy arrive on time and at cost?
No doubt, nuclear energy has key advantages. So why isn’t it likely to be the silver bullet that some people in Craig and Pueblo crave?
Buzz-over country in northwest Colorado
Transmission lines carrying massive amounts of wind-generated electricity from Wyoming will cross Colorado like 8 and 12-lane interstate highways with no exits or on-ramps. Why is that?
Tri-State and the big bad wolf
Member cooperatives are tempted to hop the fence to graze on greener renewable energy. Chief executive Duane Highley warns his flock about a big, bad wolf called resource adequacy. Can he keep them in his fold?
