Will nuclear formally be put on the table?
Legislative bill this year has more than one sponsor, including two Democrats. It might actually survive its first committee hearing.
The weirdness of the Salton Sea
Created by a collision of geology and bad luck, this receding inland sea has precious few fish but has spawned lots of curiosities.
Colorado needs up to $8.7 billion in transmission by 2045
First state-wide study to look at needs of all utilities
Will Colorado’s electrical coops get their New ERA money?
Trump halts flow of money to electrical coops from Inflation Reduction Act. Why some cooperatives think it’s a pause, not permanent.
Why did he want another four years?
Eric Blank answers 10 questions — including why he would want another four years as chair of Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission
Hydrogen and hydro at Manitou?
Federal grant of $2.5 million allows NREL and Colorado Springs to explore storing energy of water that cascades off Peaks Peak
Bone-dry winter in the San Juans
It’s part of a theme. Does Colorado need to start planning for potential Colorado River curtailments?
EVs 31.5% of all new-car sales during Q4
The latest news from Colorado’s transition in vehicles
New natural gas lines are a problem. Will these solutions be a model for Colorado?
Xcel Energy unveals proposal for how to meet expanding demand in mountain communities without laying new natural gas pipelines
In Pueblo, it’s official: renewables deleted
Council members accede to mayor’s wish to expurgate renewables from energy commission mission. Why? That’s still not clear.
In Colorado Springs, chortling about news from Denver
City postpones energy deadline for buildings larger than 25,000 sq. ft.
On the Front Range, more and more energy storage expansions
News from Longmont of firm’s expansion just the latest in a lengthening string of announcements
Colorado says it leads the nation in lessening emissions from oil and gas
New rules require midstream operators to take steps by February to reduce emissions from combustion fuel equipment
Something different: a nuclear bill with bipartisan sponsors
Legislative proposal would classify nuclear energy as “clean.” And in NW Colorado, talk about a nuclear waste respository
Microgrid Roadmap ordered by legislators in ‘22 now a wrap
What two towns in Colorado with names that start with “A” have in common
Microgrids and green hydrogen near Taos
Northern New Mexico cooperative announces advances in microgrids and green hydrogen
Duane Highley: Move as fast as you can
CEO of Tri-State G&T speaks about supply chain problems affecting natural gas and other energy infrastructure
More solar for Tri-State G&T
Fewer panels but more juice with Spanish Peaks in the distance
United Power says it leads as a distributed system operator
Colorado’s largest electrical cooperative in terms of demand lays out hyper-localization strategy
La Plata Electric primes the electrification pump
The Durango-based electrical cooperative has created or increased three financial incentives, all of them under a new umbrella given the name Resolve to Electrify.
