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30 percent higher average electric rates in states with RPS 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- December 27, 2011
The average residential electric rate in states with a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is nearly 30 percent higher than states without an RPS. An RPS is a state based policy that requires electric power “providers to supply a specified minimum amount of customer load with electricity from eligible renewable energy sources,” such as wind or
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The mystical problem with wind 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- December 2, 2011
Yesterday Complete Colorado headlined a Denver Post story about wind power “Another Bubble Bursting?” The reason for the headline is that in 2012 federal tax credits for wind power are set to expire and, as we revealed several months ago in a post about Xcel Energy’s latest compliance plan, wind power is not economically viable
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NREL: Energy Sec Chu’s laughable statement on renewables 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- November 21, 2011
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu toured the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden on Friday. Fresh from his Thursday testimony on the Solyndra scandal before the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, Chu continued to touted the cost effectiveness of renewables despite millions of taxpayer dollars lost on failed investments. The NREL
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Get rid of renewable mandates and solar subsidies 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- November 11, 2011
This column appeared originally on Townhall.com End stupid energy policy: Get rid of solar subsidies and renewable mandates By Amy Oliver Cooke and Michael Sandoval If lawmakers really cared about consumers, they would ditch expensive renewable energy mandates that require a subsidized market for resources that are not practical on a large scale. It’s a
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Bad news for EU could be bad news for CO 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- October 24, 2011
Bad news for residents of the European Union and possibly Colorado. EU consumers and businesses face more than twenty years of rising electric costs as the region tries to meet its renewable energy goals according to a leaked report. The the working title of the draft report “Energy Roadmap to 2050” examines how the EU
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Boulder's Utopian Utility Effect 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- September 22, 2011
Utopian Utility Effect (UUE): a romanticized perception that a group, such as a municipality, can provide reliable, reasonably priced, global warming-friendly electricity more efficiently than its current power provider. Specifically for supporters of 2B and 2C, Boulder’s ballot measures to form its own utility, UUE seems to mean, “a local energy utility can reduce our carbon
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