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Coloradans are taking on the state’s largest monopoly utility 0
- Coalition of Ratepayers, ENERGY - Opinion Editorials
- July 17, 2018
Originally published on thehill.com Just because President Obama’s controversial and costly Clean Power Plan is dead at the federal level doesn’t mean Colorado ratepayers are out of financial danger. Nearly 1.4 million state electricity customers await a Colorado Public Utilities Commission (COPUC) decision on Xcel Energy’s legally tenuous Colorado Energy Plan (CEP). With COPUC approval, Xcel, the state’s largest
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Coloradans are taking on the state’s largest monopoly utility 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Opinion Editorials, ENERGY - Renewable Energy, The Hill
- March 7, 2018
With COPUC approval, Xcel, the state’s largest monopoly utility, plans to shift its generating portfolio from away from majority hydrocarbons (coal and natural gas) in favor of industrial wind, solar, and battery storage.
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Slaying a dragon: Pruitt strikes down the CPP 0
- Energy
- October 11, 2017
President Obama and the eco-left’s draconian federal scheme to regulate carbon emissions comes to an end, but Colorado still faces a similar dragon closer to home. I don’t think I’ve ever written this, but thank goodness for the EPA! Well, actually, thank goodness for Administrator Pruitt’s announcement that he will “formally sign a proposal to
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The real reason for special session may be blowing in the wind 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Legal, ENERGY - Renewable Energy
- May 17, 2017
Rumor has it that the real reason our banjo picking Governor wants a special session has more to do with industrial wind – meaning his favorite monopoly Xcel Energy – and less to do with fixing our damn roads! Governor John Hickenlooper publicly says he may call a special session “to deal with topics thatREAD MORE
New draft bill to put nail in coffin of coal, make impacted communities dependent on state 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies, ENERGY - Legal, Issues
- April 3, 2017
Warning to the rural Colorado, remember Ronald Reagan’s nine most terrifying words in the English language, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” According to sources, industrial wind supporters and Xcel Energy are floating another Colorado version of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) titled “Colorado Energy Impact Assistance Act.” A better working titleREAD MORE
PUC 2-1 vote forces utility to model costly social cost of carbon 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies, ENERGY - Legal
- March 29, 2017
Colorado Public Utilities Commissioner Frances Koncilja’s concern for ratepayers is limited to the Pueblo area. She is more than willing to load up other low-income Coloradans with additional costs. In a 2-1 vote last Thursday, Koncilja and PUC Chairman Jeff Ackermann ordered the state’s largest monopoly utility to model a $40 per ton social cost
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