Lowering electricity bills in Colorado
Vibrant Clean Energy’s new study delivers hard numbers about how Colorado electrical consumers would benefit from advanced energy markets, especially an RTO
Platte River Power’s 100% goal
A promise of 100% renewables now withdrawn or a model for Colorado utilities? Reactions to Platte River Power Authority’s resource plan were wildly different.
Boulder’s fork in the road
Climate advocates, eager to accelerate the push for clean energy, are divided over whether to cut a deal or continue a complex process to form their own utility.
Tri-State’s big win at PUC
Wholesale electrical provider Tri-State won an important ruling in its dispute with dissident member coops, but two overlapping elements remain to be resolved.
Natural gas microscope
Colorado PUC to launch investigation of what must be considered in order to curb emissions from natural gas use in buildings.
Electrical empires in Colorado
Xcel Energy and Tri-State G&T both are resisting losing chunks of their electrical empires in Colorado. Their nimbleness is at issue—and money, too.
Xcel’s incomplete report card
Xcel Energy in 2015 set out to learn intricacies of solar-plus-storage in residential and commercial applications. Results disappointed the Colorado PUC.
Utilities and wildfire in Colorado
California has put a scare into Colorado utilities, but in a warming world more prone to wildfires, there’s already reason reason for utilities to be worried.
Colorado’s decarbonization roadmap*
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ran on a platform of a rapid decarbonization of electricity. Environmental groups say his administration isn’t moving quickly enough.
Who’s next at Colorado PUC?
Who will replace Jeffrey Ackermann as chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, an agency with a vital role in Colorado’s decarbonization agenda?
Why Colorado needs an RTO
Colorado’s utility representatives and a key state legislator agree on need for market mechanism to effectively and economically integrate renewable energy.
Time to rename Mt. Evans?
The Sand Creek Massacre will revisited again as the Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board reviews proposals to replace Evans on the peak west of Denver.
The future of mountain meadows
Warming Meadows set out to understand how global warming would affect a wildflower-covered hillside in the Rocky Mountains but also the interaction of soil carbon and carbon in the atmosphere.
Super hot to snow. What’s up?
From near 100° to freezing and snow. Colorado will be on a wild September ride. How unusual is this? And can the fingers of the warming climate be detected?
Easier now to get tax credits
General Motors has joined Nissan in offering purchasers of EVs in Colorado immediate state tax credits.
Natural gas bridge necessary?
Platte River Power Authority directors are being asked to choose a path to 100% emissions free electricity that crosses a natural gas bridge. Is that necessary?
Colorado and beneficial electrification
Electrification of building and other sectors has barely begun. Twenty years ago the same was true of wind production. Can Colorado execute this big pivot?
Barriers to building electrification
Electrification of buildings makes sense for several reasons. What’s holding up the show? A new report lays out barriers and potential solutions in Colorado.
A shallow win for Tri-State
Tri-State Generation and Transmission gains a shallow victory in FERC order about jurisdiction, but the real story will be about legality of new members. At stake are exit fees of hundreds of million dollars—and perhaps the viability of Tri-State itself.
Rural Colorado & renewable energy
A new report commissioned by The Western Way finds enormous benefits for the farm and ranch communities of eastern Colorado as a result of wind and now solar development.
