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Members of New Joint Committee to Investigate Utility Rates Announced 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies, Issues
- February 24, 2023
The state has announced the official makeup of a new legislative committee dedicated to investigating rising utility bills. Comprised of lawmakers of both parties from each legislative chamber, the members of the six-person Joint Select Committee on Rising Utility Rates will be as follows: From the Senate- President Steve Fenberg (D.) Lisa Cutter (D.) Minority
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Jake Fogleman Talks Xcel Energy Bills, Colorado Climate Policy on the George Brauchler Show 0
- Energy, Radio, Watch & Listen
- January 17, 2023
Policy analyst Jake Fogleman joined the George Brauchler Show on 710 KNUS to talk about the sky-high energy bills Xcel customers have been seeing this winter due to a pancaking series of rate hikes granted by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. They also discuss who is ultimately to blame for those rate hikes, the reality
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Fossil Fuels Bail Out Colorado’s Grid Yet Again 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Renewable Energy
- January 4, 2023
Coloradans might want to begin brushing up on their German. At least enough to be familiar with the word Dunkelflaute, which roughly translates to “dark doldrums.” The term describes a weather pattern of low wind and limited sunlight that makes generating electricity from renewables nearly impossible. The event is relatively common in northern and western Europe during
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NERC Report: Most of US Electric Grid Facing Looming Reliability Concerns 0
- Energy
- December 19, 2022
The nation’s grid watchdog is once again sounding the alarm about looming reliability risks to the country’s electric grid. The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) released its latest Long-Term Reliability Assessment last Thursday. The report found that broad swaths of the country’s regional electric grids face, at minimum, an “elevated risk” of resource shortfalls over
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Polis Admin Unveils Latest Electric Vehicle Policy, Avoids California-Style Gas Vehicle Ban 0
- Energy
- December 9, 2022
The Polis administration appears to favor the carrot over the stick to encourage electric vehicle adoption. The administration on Thursday released its updated roadmap for encouraging the electrification of the state’s transportation sector, which includes a goal of “nearly 100% of light-duty vehicles being electric by 2050, 100% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles being zero emissions,
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Xcel Proposes Yet Another Rate Hike 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies
- December 2, 2022
Colorado’s largest utility is back before the PUC requesting another rate increase, this time a $312.2 million bump in electric rates. The request is just the latest to arrive in 2022, a year that has come to represent a cost-hike bonanza for the energy monopoly. The PUC already approved a $182.2 million electric rate hike
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