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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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Reliance on Solar Projects Threatening Colorado’s Outlook on Grid Reliability 0
- Energy
- October 5, 2022
As Colorado moves to retire legacy fossil-fuel power plants in order to meet Governor Polis’s goal of 100% renewable energy by 2040, the state is increasingly reliant on wind and solar to meet our electricity needs. And now, thanks to supply chain snarls hitting the solar industry, our ability to keep the lights on next
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Sky High Gas Bills Coming This Winter 0
- Energy
- September 23, 2022
Last week I wrote about the costs and consequences of underrating natural gas infrastructure, which are currently most pronounced in New England this winter in the form of exorbitant bills and inadequate supply. But it turns out Colorado, while being in better shape than our northeastern counterparts, is not immune to the disruptions roiling the
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The Real-World Costs and Consequences of Restricting Natural Gas 0
- Energy
- September 16, 2022
Apropos of next week’s hearing at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission—in which the PUC plans to take public comment on a proposed rule that would dramatically affect natural gas line extensions—news out of New England offers a grim look at the consequences of underrating sufficient natural gas capacity. Per the Washington Examiner: Authorities in New England are staring
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Independence Institute Tells the Public Utilities Commission to Pump the Brakes on De-Facto Gas Ban 0
- ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies
- September 15, 2022
The PUC is holding a Zoom public comment hearing on these rules on Monday, September 19th at 9am. People who wish to participate in that hearing can find more information here. They can also submit written comments referencing Proceeding No. 21R-0449G by clicking here. In the 2021 legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly passed SB21-264,
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New DOE Study Finds 5 Coal Plant Sites in Colorado That Could Convert to Nuclear 0
- Energy
- September 13, 2022
A brand new study released today from the Department of Energy (DOE) finds multiple locations in Colorado that could benefit from a coal-to-nuclear power transition. The study authors examined both operational and recently retired (within the last 10 years) coal plants across the country to screen for siting characteristics deemed favorable for a nuclear conversion.
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