Energy markets beat storage as Colorado utilities decarbonize
A report to the Colroado Public Utilities Commission says utilities will need less storage if they join a regional markets that pool electricity resources.
As Holy Cross pushes toward 80% renewables
A pilot program of six home batteries represents an effort by Holy Cross Energy to better contour demands around supply as it moves toward 80% renewables.
Bill on desk of Colorado governor seeks to tilt table toward building energy efficiency
A bill seeking to trigger energy efficiency in buildings is one of several Colorado legislative efforts aimed at squeezing carbon from buildings.
Can natural gas be eased, not shoved, from buildings in Colorado?
State utility regulators have started talking about their role in weaning buildings from natural gas. Colorado must do it differently than California.
Wyoming energy gleanings
Constitutional scholar takes dim view of Wyoming legal strategy; lower Btu Powder River coal struggles for markets; new hope for carbon capture and storage.
Paths to a 100% clean energy grid
What will it take to get to a 100% clean-energy grid? Mostly a matter of doing what is known, say 2 researchers. A study by 2 federal labs is more cautious.
Colorado energy gleanings
Aspen wants to squeeze energy from buildings, Delta-Montrose Electric shows improved bottom line, Pueblo County resident frets about solar heat-island effect.
Taos warms and Facebook thrives: gleanings from New Mexico
In Taos as across the Southwest, temperatures continue to rise, especially on winter nights. And Facebook shows New Mexico the path forward, say op/ed writers.
Greening up roads and buildings
A Colorado bill proposes to add the global warming potential of materials used in buildings — and, in a national first, roads —in evaluating state funded projects.
Why so many candidates for the Holy Cross Energy Board of Directors?
Unhappiness can turn out candidates. But that doesn’t seem to explain this year’s bumper crop of candidates for Holy Cross Energy’s board. Could it be success?
Telling the story of what was lost as a result of our thirsty Colorado cities
Headwaters River Journey in Winter Park graphically explains Colorado’s tangled interplay between growing Front Range cities and its Western Slope headwaters.
Climate, congestion and compromise in Colorado transportation bill
“Greenhouse” is found 42 times in the Colorado’s mammoth transportation bill. Congestion is part of the bill, too. And, unstated, is the word compromise.
