Xcel Energy - Independence Institute

Colorado PUC Trims Xcel’s Unprecedented Renewables Plan 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies
- December 21, 2023
Ratepayer interests received a small win from Colorado regulators overseeing Xcel Energy’s latest resource plan. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) pared back Xcel’s $15 billion request to build wind, solar, batteries, and new transmission lines by around $3 billion last week. The PUC’s trimming of Xcel’s request came as it approved an alternative resource
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Bootleggers, Baptists, and the Clean Energy Transition 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Renewable Energy
- December 8, 2023
Independence Institute has a long track record of warning against the unhealthy incentives that can arise from the relationship between monopoly electric utilities and green policymakers. Once viewed as rivals of one another, the two sides realized a few years back that coexisting as fellow travelers on the road to the so-called clean energy transition
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The Rotten Political Incentives of the Utility Industry 0
- Energy
- August 22, 2023
The monopoly electric utility business model is rife with problems. Chief among them is the regulatory capture it invites. Monopoly utilities tend to reflect the political environment in which they are situated. This is no accident. They know where their bread is buttered and are more than happy to play along with the ambitious energy
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The Founders and the Constitution, Part 13: The Connecticut Delegates 0
- Constitution
- June 11, 2023
The Connecticut delegates achieved their goals through their willingness and skill in proposing moderate solutions and mutually reinforcing each other.
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Poll: Majority of Colorado Likely Voters Favor Nuclear Energy 0
- Energy, Issues
- May 19, 2023
Colorado voters are broadly in favor of the country’s largest source of clean energy, according to a newly released Independence Institute/Cygnal poll. Likely general election voters across Colorado favor nuclear energy more than 2:1 (53% support, 25% oppose). 54% said they favor including nuclear power in Colorado’s clean energy mix by 2040, with support crossing
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Denver Post Article on Green Building Codes Misses the Point 0
- Energy
- February 28, 2023
Green building codes are back in the news again in Colorado. The Denver Post has a new report updating readers on how the rebuilding process is going for Marshall fire victims in Louisville and Superior. Evidently, many homeowners are choosing to rebuild under the latest and most stringent building energy code standards that featured heavily in the
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