Coalition of Ratepayers

PUC Sunset Review: ‘The Turducken Act of 2019 (With a Slice of PUC-in Pie)’0
- Coalition of Ratepayers, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- May 4, 2019
On the last day of the 2019 legislative session State Representative Hugh McKean (R-Loveland) moved the most appropriate amendment of the session to rename SB19-236 the PUC Sunset Review bill to the “TURDUCKEN ACT of 2019 (With a Slice of PUC-in Pie). A Turducken is a chicken stuffed into a duck, stuffed inside a turkey.
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Uber for energy: Is electricity the next sharing economy?0
- Coalition of Ratepayers, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- November 13, 2018
Second article in our series about microgrids The United States’ traditional electric grid is an engineering marvel with nearly 160,000 miles of transmission lines, millions of miles of distribution lines, and over 73,000 power plants. It delivers power throughout all of America, and it allows us to use air conditioners in the summer and heaters in
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Don’t be dull, embrace microgrids 0
- Coalition of Ratepayers, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- November 12, 2018
By Casey Freeman First article in our series about microgrids Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy are Colorado’s two regulated electric monopolies. Xcel is the larger of the two and provides retail service to the greater Denver Metro Area, Greeley, and Grand Junction, while Black Hills services Pueblo and the surrounding area. These utilities operate
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Club 20 and its due diligence 0
- Coalition of Ratepayers, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Governing Bodies / Agencies, Legal
- August 23, 2018
After a little due diligence, Club 20, the long-time “Voice of the Western Slope,” revised its position on Xcel Energy’s Colorado Energy Plan from “support” to “neutral” on Xcel Energy’s Colorado Energy Plan (CEP) according to a letter it sent to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission last November. Originally, the Western Slope’s premiere “coalition of counties, communities,
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Pueblo beware of Xcel’s promise of economic development 0
- Coalition of Ratepayers, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Governing Bodies / Agencies
- August 19, 2018
Xcel Energy continues to make absurd claims about its Colorado Energy Plan Corporate Enrichment Plan (CEP). The Coalition and others have debunked the cost-savings scam, but what about the economic development claims? One of our favorites is that the CEP, which will destroy 80 to 90, maybe more, good-paying jobs in Pueblo, is good economics for
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Western Resource Advocates really corporate enablers at ratepayer expense 0
- Coalition of Ratepayers, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- July 31, 2018
Western Resource Advocates (WRA), the multi-state renewable energy advocacy group, also seems to be an advocacy group for electricity corporate oligarchies. Two weeks ago, in what looks to be Xcel Energy’s bidding, the group filed a motion to strike a huge portion of our expert witness Charles Griffey’s testimony that completely disproves WRA and Xcel’s claim
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