Digging deeper on turf removal
Colorado legislators allocated $2 million for turf removal, a crucial response to the Colorado River Basin’s deepening aridification. Is it enough to do much?
Gas or electric?
In Steamboat Springs, not an easy decision about a new city hall and fire station. Worries about disrupting hot springs help make geothermal a no-show
High end sans natural gas in Colorado
Homes with no natural gas are arising along Pueblo’s prairie fringe. Has the market arrived for high-performance homes?
Who’s at the table for Colorado’s energy code?
Appointments to a new board that will shape building energy codes in Colorado have been announced.
Transmission to San Luis Valley?
Colorado’s San Luis Valley rips with solar potential but lacks a way to get the electricity to market. What will it take? A conversation is beginning at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
New transmission agency seeks executive director
The new Colorado Electric Transmission Authority is seeking an executive director to help fill in the gaps in Colorado’s transmission landscape.
Past is prologue
Reflections of a descendant of survivor of the massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people on Colorado’s eastern plains November 29, 1864
Can Colorado provide a model for other states?
PUC chair Eric Blank says Colorado is at a magical place in its energy transition. Can it be example for other states with purplish political complexions?
EVs at 9.6% of auto sales in Colorado
Supply chain issues likely slowed sales, but state still moving more briskly toward 2030 goal than expected. Does new website provide useful info?
Xcel’s all-electric bucket truck
Xcel Energy has its first all-electric bucket truck in Colorado. Other electric fleet vehicles will soon follow.
EVs now across Colorado
From Cheyenne Wells to Dolores, even the smallest places have EVs. Boulder nad Pitkin counties predictably lead in per-capita EV ownership.
Finding partners for solar + storage
Holy Cross Energy’s solar + storage project near Glenwood Springs reflects partnerships and synergies. Can it find other such projects in the Aspen-Vail-Rifle area?
Questions about Colorado’s second largest utility
Tri-State Generation and Transmission has moved briskly in recent years, but is it moving fast enough to hang onto its members?
Polis seeks $1.9 million to revamp Colorado River crisis team
Colorado governor to ask lawmakers for $1.9 million to create new policy and technology team to aid negotiators as river crisis deepens
A biggest ever in Colorado for battery storage
Tiny now, like a pebble, lithium-ion battery storage in Colorado will soon be like a boulder. What else is needed to complete this emissions-free jigsaw puzzle?
When no home is affordable
In the Colorado city of Durango, making $80,0000 a year isn’t enough to get you much in the way of housing. How did it get this way? What are the solutions?
Yuck or will we get used to it?
Colorado OKs drinking treated wastewater. Next: convince the public it’s a good idea. (Hint, at some level, many of us already do).
Cleansing the dirty linen in our geographic drawer
Evans will almost certainly be replaced as the name for Colorado’s 14th highest mountain. But what about Byers and other names associated with an ugly massacre?
Pick your Colorado River metaphor
The river is in deep doo-doo, and worse may very well come. So why such a sluggish reaction?
Worsening hydrology tilts RTO benefits
A new study finds even greater benefits to many Colorado electrical utilities froma regional alignment due to declining electrical production from dams.
