Can a coal plant be repurposed?
Congress appropriates $200,000 for study of potential future uses of Craig Station. Plus, can Colorado utilities get pieces of the federal climate funds?
Outrage about gas rate hikes. What will come of this?
Has the perfect recipe arrived to provoke even more rapid decarbonization of Colorado’s economy? The governor seems to be saying andale! Andale! Hurry, hurry!
Shaving the need for gas peaker plans
Colorado PUC commissioners advised they should require Xcel Energy to aggressively pursue demand-management strategies
CORE Electric Cooperative divorces Xcel Energy
State’s largest electric cooperative picks up with Invenergy. What does that say about Colorado’s energy transition?
Iron-air batteries to displace natural gas in firming the grid?
Xcel Energy commits to pilot project of new 100-hour storage technology at its Comanche station in Colorado. Will this technology displace gas?
Xcel screwed up, say 4 electrical cooperatives
Say Xcel Energy’s high fuel costs associated with Storm Uri were entirely avoidable
Will this smooth the renewable highs and lows?
Xcel Energy announces testing of 100-hour batteries in Pueblo by as early as 2025. Will this technology displace natural gas peaker plants?
Choosing a PUC commissioner
What goes into selecting those charged with being regulators of Xcel Energy and other utilities in Colorado during a time of rapid change?
A Colorado coal plant retires and…
Xcel Energy plans to begin building 300 miles of transmission in eastern Colorado in 2023 to deliver new wind and solar. Why the different story in southern Wyoming?
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.
Transmission to San Luis Valley?
Colorado’s San Luis Valley rips with solar potential but lacks a way to get the electricity to market. What will it take? A conversation is beginning at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
EVs at 9.6% of auto sales in Colorado
Supply chain issues likely slowed sales, but state still moving more briskly toward 2030 goal than expected. Does new website provide useful info?
