Shaving the need for gas peaker plans
Colorado PUC commissioners advised they should require Xcel Energy to aggressively pursue demand-management strategies
Does Colorado need water-use standards given the impacts of aridification?
Agriculture uses the vast majority of water in Colorado, but its cities depend upon Colorado River diversions. That just might be a problem. Some solutions?
CORE Electric Cooperative divorces Xcel Energy
State’s largest electric cooperative picks up with Invenergy. What does that say about Colorado’s energy transition?
Iron-air batteries to displace natural gas in firming the grid?
Xcel Energy commits to pilot project of new 100-hour storage technology at its Comanche station in Colorado. Will this technology displace gas?
Wringing emissions from buildings
To achieve climate goals, Gunnison County must wring building emissions, commissioners told
Xcel screwed up, say 4 electrical cooperatives
Say Xcel Energy’s high fuel costs associated with Storm Uri were entirely avoidable
A boost for geo-exchange in Colorado
Colorado budget has $9 million to expand geothermal outlay at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction
Green hydrogen at Kit Carson?
Taos-based Kit Carson Electric has a new contract with Guzman Energy that includes a provision for a possible green hydrogen project. Why so?
Will this smooth the renewable highs and lows?
Xcel Energy announces testing of 100-hour batteries in Pueblo by as early as 2025. Will this technology displace natural gas peaker plants?
Mountain Parks: We’re out of here
Electric cooperative in Colorado sets the two-year clock ticking with Tri-State G&T as it begins talks in earnest with new wholesale providers
Dismantling the walls to wildlife posed by highways
$5 million in projects an important step in reimagining Colorado’s highways to accommodate wildlife
Choosing a PUC commissioner
What goes into selecting those charged with being regulators of Xcel Energy and other utilities in Colorado during a time of rapid change?
Study finds complexity to climate changes underway at 9,500 feet in Colorado
Work of 15 scientists at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory synthesized to help understand changed interactions among wildflowers, birds, and insects
Environmental Justice Act outcomes
New entity proposed for Colorado to improve multi-agency coordination, more community outreach
Why Chris Hansen wants to be Denver mayor
A key legislative figure in Colorado’s energy transition explains why he wants to be mayor of Denver —and shares what will be inside his big climate bill this year.
A milestone but miles yet to go for a Colorado water project
A court battle looms for a water projects along Colorado’s northern Front Range. Water quality and loss of agriculture land lie at the arguments about gains — and losses.
A Colorado coal plant retires and…
Xcel Energy plans to begin building 300 miles of transmission in eastern Colorado in 2023 to deliver new wind and solar. Why the different story in southern Wyoming?
Can turning the corner on global heating really be this simple?
‘Big Fix’ authors Hal Harvey and Justin Gillis are optimists but also realistic. It won’t be easy. But they carefully describe the necessary path forward. We need to take some risk, they say, and we need to invest in the future now.
Can Colorado grow as much food with less water?
Raw water in Colorado has almost entirely been carved up. Agriculture’s new frontier lies in innovations that produce more food with the same or less water
CRES history Part 7: Next steps?
Colorado is briskly decarbonizing electricity, but huge challenges remain. What is the role for a grassroots group like CRES?
