21st Century Energy Transition Symposium
Biden climate advisor Gina McCarthy will launch the 21st Century Energy Transition Symposium on May 4-5. There’s something to interest almost everyone.
Two regional cooperatives call for a federal clean electricity standard
A letter signed by electrical coops in Colorado and New Mexico calls for a clean electricity standard among a broad suite of regulatory and legislative policies.
Fear along the Colorado River
George Sibley says worried debate in Colorado and other upper-basin states about how to avoid a Colorado River Compact curtailment is badly misplaced.
Colorado on cusp of market transformation in buildings
A survey conducted by an energy advocacy group found evidence that Colorado may soon see widespread adoption of all-electric homes in new construction.
It’s not drought, but what do we call it?
Drought, as we understand the word, doesn’t explain the diminished Colorado River flows. But what word better describes this steady disappointment in snowpack?
Why S&P knocked down its rating for Tri-State from A- to BBB-plus
Tri-State G&T gets another rating slip, this time by an analyst who cites the requests by 7 member cooperatives for buy-out numbers. Two coops have already left.
Kit Carson Electric announces milestone in solar plus storage
Taos-based Kit Carson Electric went out on its own in 2016 and has never looked back. The latest deal will give it 100% daytime solar by 2022—and storage, too.
Southern Utes involved in carbon capture venture in Southwest Colorado
Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund is involved in $500 million carbon-capture venture in southwest Colorado. If it goes forward, it will be a big, big deal.
Are sustainability folks in businesses complicit with evil fossil fuel?
Corporate sustainability efforts sound good but are actually guilty of complicity with fossil fuel companies, says “Getting Green Done” author Auden Schendler.
Will Colorado pioneer new metric for hurrying up beneficial electrification?
Demand for natural gas in buildings would be further crimped if a bill considered in Colorado gets passed. One provision puts a social cost on methane.
Holy Cross Energy takes a small but strategic step toward decarbonization and resilience with solar-plus-storage
Holy Cross Energy takes a small but strategic step on its journey toward resilience and 100% decarbonization with a deal for a solar-plus-storage project.
How a meat-less proclamation showed the urban-rural divide is alive and well
In Colorado, agriculture is often conflated with cows. The meatless day proclaimed by Gov. Jared Polis predictably drew loud protests. Was he onto something?
Wyoming seeks to stall Colorado’s exit from coal-generated electricity
Wyoming legislators take aim at Colorado’s decarbonization with a $1.2 million legal fund. The nexus for this potential lawsuit will be Laramie River Station.
Good policy in climate & energy
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser talks about state government innovations energy and climate policy and the conflicts with the Trump administration.
Who’s on the sidelines?
Major environmental groups have chosen to remain silent as a legislator introduces bill to study community choice aggregation.
An emissions conductor for Colorado?
Worried that Colorado has moved too slowly in decarbonizing, environmentalists are behind a bill that would create more structure, authority, and deadlines.
New Mexico’s belated community solar
New Mexico has finally authorized community solar as a business model. Why so much longer for New Mexico than neighboring Colorado?
What were these ‘nays’ really about?
Hmmm. What was that about? A legislative committee hearing about renewing the Office of Consumer Counsel fractured along party lines. The reason was unclear.
How a warming climate has crimped flows in Colorado’s Yampa River
Colorado’s Yampa River was long an exception, a major river mostly without restriction on supplies. Every straw was welcome and satisfied. That’s changing.
Battery storage next at Hayden?
Xcel Energy says it won’t leave workers or taxing districts stranded once its coal-burning units close at Craig. Battery storage? That’s one of the options.
