State utility regulators have started talking about their role in weaning buildings from natural gas. Colorado must do it differently than California.
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A 15,000-foot view of Colorado’s legislative climate & energy landscape
Transportation and building emissions will top the energy and climate agenda as Colorado legislators seek to advance work on ambitious decarbonization goals.
Natural gas microscope
Colorado PUC to launch investigation of what must be considered in order to curb emissions from natural gas use in buildings.
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?
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.
The next energy frontier
After successes as a wind and then solar developer Eric Blank sees electrifying buildings as the next frontier. “It’s crazy to build 40,000 houses a year” in Colorado with natural gas infrastructure, he says.
Colorado’s natural gas pivot
Colorado begins a conversation about limiting natural gas in new construction as necessary for the state to meet its carbon reduction goals.
Natural gas questions and tensions
Tension has been rising around the role of natural gas. A new Sierra Club report counters a push by a utilities in California about “renewable natural gas.” Colorado’s oil and gas sectors hopes to quash local natural gas bans with an initiative on the November ballot.
Acceleration of the energy transition
Long ago — late 2018 — a declaration of an 80% emissions reduction by 2030 seemed so bold. But Colorado Springs demonstrates its attainability. A new report says even more is possible.
How quickly the tide turns on coal
Closing coal plant is an easy decision. But Colorado Springs also decided against buying a shiny new natural gas plant. It wants to remain nimble.
