Tearing out bluegrass in Colorado
Dozens of Colorado cities win $1.5 million in state funding to tear out bluegrass, install water-wise landscapes
How might Tri-State use $970 million?
Tri-State lobbied hard to help G&Ts such as itself get a piece of the IRA pie. Might it use that money to close its coal-burning unit in Arizona?
How might Colorado’s coops use federal aid?
At least some of Colorado’s 22 electrical cooperatives have hopes of securing help through IRA and other programs. Here is a glimpse of their intentions
An RTO in Colorado by 2026
Southwest Power Pool says it has seven utilities lined up to participate in its regional transmission organization, the first that to overlap both the Eastern and Western Interconnections
Holy Cross Energy drops new rates
Directors scrap rates but one coop manager says this issue will have to be addressed within a year or two
Solar atop former coal plant
200 MW of solar going up in New Mexico at site of Tri-State’s Escalante Station. My oh my, how things have changed in just four years.
What do these numbers say?
A ProPublica database tells a story about Colorado’s shifting energy landscape and its advocacy organizations
Ideas suggested in update of Colorado’s greenhouse gas roadmap
Lots and lots of thoughts about how to refine the path forward as Colorado barrels toward it hopes emissions-free living
$17 million in Colorado goes to fast-charging stations
From Maybell to Springfield, outposts along Colorado’s more remote highways will soon be getting fast chargers for the traveling EV public
The quest for no-carbon aviation
What will it take to drive down carbon emissions when flying from Aspen?
A step forward for pumped-storage hydro
Company says it has deals with land owners along the Yampa River in northwestern Colorado
Still cloudy after all these years
After years of frustration, advocates hope that a legislative resolution can clear up the waters of Grand Lake. The lake’s one-priced opacity has been clouded by Colorado-Big Thompson diversions.
The making of a John Fielder book
When he stumbled on the archives of William Henry Jackson’s photos from the 19th century Colorado, the nature photographer knew he had hit a treasure. Then he went to writers, including Ed Marston, to add perspective.
Cool this summer. Will next year bring killer heat?
Two years ago it was the Pacific Northwest. This year it’s Phoenix. Is there any reason to believe that Colorado will be exempt?
Colorado River task force buckles down
The 17-member committee of diverse interests has until Dec. 15 to come to agreement about what to tell Colordo legislators is needed given declined river flows.
The next chapter in Colorado’s decarbonization story
It may not read like Chinatown but this story about weaning our buildings off combustion of gases could get interesting.
A round of hurrahs in Colorado
Agreement around verification of oil-and-gas emissions hailed as a model for other stations — and other countries, too. But it’s not over yet.
Colorado ranked very high for decarbonization
Two new analyses rank Colorado third and fourth in nation for its energy transformations.
Who in Colorado will be next to ban natural gas?
Boulder council wants to see natural-gas ban option. Lafayette’s ban to effect 3,000 to 4,000 residential units. And in Golden, progress has stalled.
Tugging upward to higher building standards
Colorado Energy Office has $9 million in grant money available to help local governments improve building performance
