Billions needed in new transmission, but where exactly?
New study identifies investments of $4.5 billion to $8.3 billion needed in Colorado during next 20 years
Leaving everybody just a little bit unhappy
Colorado’s Mesa County worked hand to balance diverse interests and values when writing codes governing utility-scale solar. The work was quick, the result a success — for now.
Agrivoltaics becoming part of Weld County proposals
Many solar developers submit proposals to northern Colorado jurisdiction with explicit plans for agricultural production
Colorado electrical coops lead nation in federal grants
An outsized impact expected form $1.1 billion to spur clean energy transition by Tri-State, United Power and CORE
Why net-zero has become pointless
Don’t let perfect get in the way of a good, all-electric building
Microgrids and electric cul-de-sacs
Aspen and Springfield are two very different Colorado towns but alike in their electrical vulnerabilities. Will microgrids help?
Women and other changes in water
Women in water? Younger people with voices? Doug Kemper has seen those and other changes during his 40 years in Colorado water
Transforming homes one heat pump at a time
Money is available, but does Colorado have the necessary workforce?
Water and Colorado’s energy transition
Will there be a water bonus as we close coal plants? In the short term, yes. It’s harder to say in the long term. Here’s why.
Maybe a national first for battery storage?
Mark Gabriel has eight big batteries distributed across the United Service territory – and he’d like to have even more
And what if Donald Trump is elected?
Would a return to the White House by Trump slow Colorado’s clean energy train?
Wall Street smiles on Tri-State after financial frowns
S&P Global Rating raises outlook for generation and transmission association to ‘stable’
A second pumped-storage idea in Yampa Valley
This newer proposal would use the subterranean of the Twentymile coal mine for lower reservoir
United Power adding a gas plant to its generating mix
Electrical cooperative expects to tap new plant less than 15% of the time
A green light for Tri-State (and a yellow)
FERC says yes to partial-requirements option but rate increase is provisional
Nuclear cheerleading is fine – but what about the cost?
True, nuclear can deliver high-paying jobs, good tax base, and emissions-free energy. Rarely do proponents mention risks.
Colorado gleanings
A geothermal driller unning for state senate, Rio Blanco County commissioners endorse nuclear, and more items from across Colorado
Vail a world showcase for geothermal?
And why one an ultra-progressive electrical cooperative thinks that geothermal can help it achieve its 100% emission-free goal
Two big DOE grants for transmission in southern Colorado
Alamosa County will use funding to study three routes to and from the San Luis Valley
Why Pueblo is riled up about Black Hills Energy
Will this lead to a new effort to municipalize electrical service or to new state legislation for community choice aggregation?
