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The Colorado Energy Plan: A proposal that benefits all but the consumer 0
- August 30, 2018
Xcel Energy’s recently approved Colorado Energy Plan (CEP) is what the company refers to as its “Steel for Fuel” strategy. With a green light from Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC), the CEP is a giant capital investment program to shutter Comanche I and II generating units a decade ahead of schedule. The CEP will replace
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Coloradans are taking on the state’s largest monopoly utility 0
- 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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The Cost & Impact of a 100 Percent Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard for the State of Colorado 0
- December 13, 2017
As the 2018 Colorado governor’s race intensifies, two Democrat candidates have proposed extending Colorado’s existing Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) from 30 percent by 2020 to 100 percent by 2040. The purpose of this study is to highlight some of the main costs and impacts associated with a hypothetical 100 percent RPS in Colorado. Because few details have been released regarding the design of such a policy, this study evaluated the costs associated with two very different 100 percent RPS scenarios.
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Road to renewable energy is filled with potholes of ‘magic thinking’0
- August 16, 2017
by Michael Sandoval Stanford University professor Mark Jacobson’s “roadmaps” for states to reach a 100 percent renewable energy portfolio by 2050 has become the new benchmark for aspiring politicos who hope to chart their own political course with promises to bring their states and eventually the entire United States to green salvation. Among them, U.S.
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Regulators expand their authority, play politics with carbon at ratepayer expense 0
- June 19, 2017
By Brit Naas In a decision that evokes former President Obama’s environmental agenda, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on March 23, 2017, expanded its authority in a way that’s likely to drive up electricity rates. Every four years, Xcel Energy undergoes a resource planning process that outlines their ability to meet ratepayers’ electricity demand.READ MORE
Fawning media can’t hide the failure of subsidy-rich solar 0
- June 16, 2017
The corporate favoritism through subsidies showered on wind and solar by governments has been significant.
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