Will Colorado pioneer new metric for hurrying up beneficial electrification?
Demand for natural gas in buildings would be further crimped if a bill considered in Colorado gets passed. One provision puts a social cost on methane.
Holy Cross Energy takes a small but strategic step toward decarbonization and resilience with solar-plus-storage
Holy Cross Energy takes a small but strategic step on its journey toward resilience and 100% decarbonization with a deal for a solar-plus-storage project.
How a meat-less proclamation showed the urban-rural divide is alive and well
In Colorado, agriculture is often conflated with cows. The meatless day proclaimed by Gov. Jared Polis predictably drew loud protests. Was he onto something?
Wyoming seeks to stall Colorado’s exit from coal-generated electricity
Wyoming legislators take aim at Colorado’s decarbonization with a $1.2 million legal fund. The nexus for this potential lawsuit will be Laramie River Station.
Good policy in climate & energy
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser talks about state government innovations energy and climate policy and the conflicts with the Trump administration.
Who’s on the sidelines?
Major environmental groups have chosen to remain silent as a legislator introduces bill to study community choice aggregation.
An emissions conductor for Colorado?
Worried that Colorado has moved too slowly in decarbonizing, environmentalists are behind a bill that would create more structure, authority, and deadlines.
New Mexico’s belated community solar
New Mexico has finally authorized community solar as a business model. Why so much longer for New Mexico than neighboring Colorado?
What were these ‘nays’ really about?
Hmmm. What was that about? A legislative committee hearing about renewing the Office of Consumer Counsel fractured along party lines. The reason was unclear.
How a warming climate has crimped flows in Colorado’s Yampa River
Colorado’s Yampa River was long an exception, a major river mostly without restriction on supplies. Every straw was welcome and satisfied. That’s changing.
Battery storage next at Hayden?
Xcel Energy says it won’t leave workers or taxing districts stranded once its coal-burning units close at Craig. Battery storage? That’s one of the options.
How this small Colorado mountain town got an electric school bus
The Colorado mountain town of Kremmling still gets cold enough that school officials wondered whether an electric bus would work. They’ve quit wondering.
