Colorado is briskly decarbonizing electricity, but huge challenges remain. What is the role for a grassroots group like CRES?
Colorado Renewable Energy Society
Influence in the Polis years: CRES history Part 6:
CRES has been busy in recent years trying to advance Colorado’s clean energy agenda. The most compelling evidence of success is a law that tilts the table on natural gas to favor efficiency measures.
The path to the governor’s mansion: CRES history Part 4
As a farm boy, Bill Ritter loathed wind. But when he ran for governor, renewables put wind at his back.
Voters have their say: CRES history Part 3
Failing at the Capitol, advocates took their case directly to voters The outcome — the first voter-initiated renewables mandate — was national news.
Why not wind? CRES history Part 2:
In 2000, Colorado’s largest utility rejected a major project . Why? A team that included CRES fought back. The result: Colorado Green — followed by others. Others followed.
A History of CRES Part 1: A coming together of minds
Colorado in the late 1970s had a convergence of people who thought there had to be another way to power a civilization. Among them were the founders of the Colorado Renewable Energy Society.
What Colorado’s legislators are saying
Colo. State Rep. Tracey Bernett says indoor gas stoves will soon be seen the way lead paint is now. State Sen. Chris Hansen talks about agrivoltaics.
A sharper pivot for Xcel Energy
A settlement agreement proposes to retire Comanche 3 sooner and identifies a 25-year yardstick for evaluating the need for new natural gas plants. It also punts some key decisions.
Colorado’s carrots and sticks for buildings
With an incentive here, a mandate there, state legislators hope to nudge buildings to a low-emissions future of heating and cooling.
A settlement, still many questions about Xcel’s giant pivot in Colorado
This is the energy transition, messy and complicated, with much to like—but also much about which to disagree.
