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No specific recommendations for solar net-metering

No specific recommendations for solar net-metering

by Allen Best | Sep 25, 2024

Working group had met for several months but ended up agreeing to disagree on key items

Colorado factories producing new  turbines

Colorado factories producing new turbines

by Allen Best | Sep 25, 2024

Vestas says new blades and nacelles are a turning point because they can produce more energy

At last, juice from Taylor Park Dam

At last, juice from Taylor Park Dam

by Allen Best | Sep 25, 2024

It took awhile to make this happen but it immediately is cheaper energy for Gunnison County Electric Assocation

Another meeting in Pueblo about nuclear

Another meeting in Pueblo about nuclear

by Allen Best | Sep 25, 2024

This will be different. It will begin with the downsides. But ultimatwly what is the answer for lfie beyond Comanche 3?

Sales of EVs and plug-in hybrids rise to 22.1%

Sales of EVs and plug-in hybrids rise to 22.1%

by Allen Best | Sep 11, 2024

Colorado lags only California in sales in second quarter of 2024. It bucks national trends. But can this momentum be sustained?

Vehicle exchange program gets $9 million in funding

Vehicle exchange program gets $9 million in funding

by Allen Best | Sep 11, 2024

Older cars and those that fail state emissions test qualify, depending upon income of the applicant

Top counties for EV sales per 1,000 residents

Top counties for EV sales per 1,000 residents

by Allen Best | Sep 10, 2024

Pitkin, Boulder, Douglas and Denver continue to lead Colorado. Even tiny Hinsdale County has a few

Billions needed in new transmission, but where exactly?

Billions needed in new transmission, but where exactly?

by Allen Best | Sep 10, 2024

New study identifies investments of $4.5 billion to $8.3 billion needed in Colorado during next 20 years

Leaving everybody just a little bit unhappy

Leaving everybody just a little bit unhappy

by Allen Best | Sep 10, 2024

Colorado’s Mesa County worked hand to balance diverse interests and values when writing codes governing utility-scale solar. The work was quick, the result a success  — for now.

Agrivoltaics becoming part of Weld County proposals

Agrivoltaics becoming part of Weld County proposals

by Allen Best | Sep 10, 2024

Many solar developers submit proposals to northern Colorado jurisdiction with explicit plans for agricultural production

Colorado electrical coops lead nation in federal grants

Colorado electrical coops lead nation in federal grants

by Allen Best | Sep 6, 2024

An outsized impact expected form $1.1 billion to spur clean energy transition by Tri-State, United Power and CORE

Why net-zero has become pointless

Why net-zero has become pointless

by Auden Schendler | Aug 26, 2024

Don’t let perfect get in the way of a good, all-electric building

Microgrids and electric cul-de-sacs

Microgrids and electric cul-de-sacs

by Allen Best | Aug 19, 2024

Aspen and Springfield are two very different Colorado towns but alike in their electrical vulnerabilities. Will microgrids help?

Women and other changes in water

Women and other changes in water

by Allen Best | Aug 19, 2024

Women in water? Younger people with voices? Doug Kemper has seen those and other changes during his 40 years in Colorado water 

Transforming homes one heat pump at a time

Transforming homes one heat pump at a time

by Allen Best | Aug 19, 2024

Money is available, but does Colorado have the necessary workforce?

Water and Colorado’s energy transition

Water and Colorado’s energy transition

by Allen Best | Aug 17, 2024

Will there be a water bonus as we close coal plants? In the short term, yes. It’s harder to say in the long term. Here’s why.

Maybe a national first for battery storage?

Maybe a national first for battery storage?

by Allen Best | Aug 8, 2024

Mark Gabriel has eight big batteries distributed across the United Service territory – and he’d like to have even more

And what if Donald Trump is elected?

And what if Donald Trump is elected?

by Allen Best | Aug 8, 2024

Would a return to the White House by Trump slow Colorado’s clean energy train?

Wall Street smiles on Tri-State after financial frowns

Wall Street smiles on Tri-State after financial frowns

by Allen Best | Aug 8, 2024

S&P Global Rating raises outlook for generation and transmission association to ‘stable’

A second pumped-storage idea in Yampa Valley

A second pumped-storage idea in Yampa Valley

by Allen Best | Aug 8, 2024

This newer proposal would use the subterranean of the Twentymile coal mine for lower reservoir 

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