Global warming debunking fails in committee
Colorado legislator fails to persuade committee that the vast majority of climate scientists have it all wrong about CO2
Colorado’s biggest and smallest coal mines
Coal production has been declining in Colorado and across the United States. So what do we make of these mines, both of them named Elk. They both reported increased production in 2022.
What exactly did these ‘statement’ bills try to say?
Two energy bills got nowhere, one proposing to boost nuclear energy and the second purporting to preserve energy freedom of choice. Call them “statements.”
Tri-State plans to burn coal at Craig until 2030. Why so?
Colorado’s second largest utility worries about cost of reliable electricity with renewables. Environmental advocates challenge extreme-weather and other assumptions
This is what they said:
A Craig City Council member on his community’s energy transition, Auden Schendler on corporate neutrality, Susan Joy Hassoll on methane, and more
Golden moves on path to all-electric in new buildings
To meet its climate goals, this Colorado city of 20,000 needs to crimp methane combustion. It could require all-electric in new buildings as early as 2024
Can biochar plug orphan wells and sequester carbon?
Colorado has 49,000 abandoned oil and gas wells. Can biochar prevent leaks while sequestering carbon? A legislative bill proposes a study to find answers
Outrage about gas rate hikes. What will come of this?
Has the perfect recipe arrived to provoke even more rapid decarbonization of Colorado’s economy? The governor seems to be saying andale! Andale! Hurry, hurry!
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?
