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Colorado Energy Office’s Economic Hindenburg: The Ballooning Costs of the Hydrogen Transition 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Issue Papers
- June 29, 2024
In October 2023, the Biden Administration awarded $7 billion of taxpayer dollars to kickstart the development of regional hydrogen hubs. These hydrogen hubs will independently explore new ways to lower the cost of producing so-called clean hydrogen and find new and innovative uses for hydrogen fuel. While Colorado’s proposal for a Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub
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Colorado Lawmakers to Consider Pro-Nuclear Bill 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies
- January 22, 2024
Colorado lawmakers are set to consider their first nuclear energy bill of the 2024 legislative session later this week. SB24-039, dubbed “Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource,” is scheduled to go before the Senate Transportation and Energy Committee for first reading on Wednesday. The bill seeks to level the playing field for carbon-free energy
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Green Industrial Policy Faces Threats of its Own Creation 0
- Energy
- November 27, 2023
The early supply-side sugar high induced by a raft of clean energy-related subsidies is starting to show signs of wearing off. From electric vehicle makers to offshore wind developers, producers spurred along by the Biden administration’s ambitious green energy goals and lavish tax incentives have suddenly been forced to confront pesky market forces that have started to cool
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EIA: Renewables Dominate Federal Energy Subsidies 0
- Energy
- October 2, 2023
Corporate welfare has long been a feature of U.S. energy policy. A recent government report highlights how much that corporate welfare redounds to the benefit of wind and solar over the resources that form the backbone of the country’s energy economy. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its latest Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in
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Colorado Policymakers Looking to Crack Down on Oil & Gas Industry Once Again 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies, Issues
- March 16, 2023
Colorado lawmakers and regulators are set to turn their attention back toward a familiar target: the state’s oil and gas industry. On Thursday, Governor Jared Polis announced that he was directing regulators at the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission (COGCC), the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), and the Air Quality Control Commission
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EIA: Coal Still King in Colorado 0
- Energy
- December 7, 2022
Colorado often fancies itself as a leader in the so-called clean energy transition. And in some ways it has earned that reputation. The state became the first in the nation to enact a renewable portfolio standard by citizen’s initiative, for example, all the way back in 2004. And the Colorado General Assembly routinely passes new
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