Not a Mack truck of old
Banish those thoughts of smoke-belching Mack trucks. The Mack that will soon be collecting compostables in Boulder will be all-electric.
Tapping heat from oil and gas wells
Plan to tap heat from oil and gas wells in Colorado’s Wattenberg Field; Colorado’s abandoned wells; and Eagle County opposes crude oil shipments from Utah.
Nope to nuke study in Colorado
A bill proposing study of nuclear energy in Colorado was pitched as serving multiple benefits, including a way to use existing infrastructure. It quickly died.
Shaving (electric) peaks in Aspen
An innovator, Aspen now has a Tesla battery at a location where it can do the most good, instead of at a mountain-top restaurant.
No-go for tourism idea in Craig
As the Colorado town of Craig struggles to create a future beyond coal, one idea was for a new museum. That idea got promises of funding but went no further.
A role for carbon capture in Colorado?
A task force recommends state legislators create a legal framework if Colorado’s pathway to deep, deep economy wide decarbonization must go underground.
Comanche 3 idled once again
Colorado PUC orders a report about the latest “generator casualty.” Much larger questions remain about reliability of state’s youngest coal plant.
A win-win in Southwestern Colorado
Why La Plata Electric directors believe their deals with Tri-State G&T and Crossover Energy Partners gives them the best possible deal, lower carbon and costs.
On the brink of yes in Colorado
State regulators say Xcel has justified spending $1.7 billion to build transmission across Colorado’s windy and sunny eastern plains.
Islands in the Rockies
Colorado a century ago was poorly connected by roads. Its electrical utilities still are poorly linked. Why they need energy markets.and how that may happen.
No. 1: Methane gets the nudge in Colorado
Natural gas will remain for decades, but Colorado in 2021 began pushing firmly but gently to begin suppressing methane emissions, especially from buildings.
No. 2: Getting to 100% by decade’s end
Some Colorado utilities want to get to 100% emissions-free electricity by 2030, others just 80% or above. What mix of new technologies will get them there?
No. 3: Righting the wrongs of Sand Creek
Looking out on Mt. Evans, Colorado Colorado Gov. Jared Polis rescinded two proclamations that helped create the atmosphere resulted in the massacre in 1864.
No. 4: A solar-powered steel mill
Executives of Evraz say the key to their decision to build a $500 steel mill in Pueblo was the long-term cost reliability offered by solar power.
No. 5: Shrinking river and reservoirs
Are the political institutional agreements and water infrastructure of the 20th century in the Colorado River Basin flexible enough for a hotter, dryer climate?
No. 6: What to make of the Marshall Fire?
How much of this fire, costliest in Colorado history, a climate change story? The answer is complex. But surely it will strongly influence state policy.
No. 7: Can Tri-State stay upright?
United Power dwarfs many members of Tri-State G&T. It wants to jump ship. Poudre Valley and La Plata may also. Can Tri-State survive if this happens?
A global warming miracle
Once we stop dealing in absolutes for limiting greenhouse gases and allow picking and choosing solutions, we must allow for everyone else to do the same.
Thank you donors to Big Pivots in 2021!
Contributions ranged from $2 upward, but all are acknowledged here. You helped make the second year of Big Pivots a big success.
End in sight for natural gas bridge?
Filings by Colorado’s two largest utilities reveal strong debate about how much longer natural gas will be vital to ensuring reliable electrical deliveries.
