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What Not to Do: California Energy Policy Serves As a Warning to Colorado 0
- Energy
- August 31, 2022
Just days after finalizing a future ban on the sale of gas-powered vehicles, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) sent out a bulletin Tuesday afternoon warning that an expected heat wave posed serious threats to the reliability of the state’s electric grid. Starting tomorrow through Tuesday, California and the West are expecting extreme heat that
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Virginia Regulators Set an Example for Ratepayer Accountability 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies
- August 11, 2022
Last Friday, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC)—a regulatory agency that, among other things, oversees the state’s utilities—imposed a strict performance standard that carries financial consequences if a proposed offshore wind project from the state’s largest utility fails to perform. This is a huge win for ratepayer accountability, and it has real implications for customers
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Clean and Reliable: The Case for Small-Modular Reactors in Colorado 0
- Energy
- June 21, 2022
Electric grid reliability is on the forefront of everyone’s mind following a sobering report from the country’s grid overseer. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), a regulatory body overseeing grid operations across the United States and Canada, warned last month in its latest summer reliability assessment that vast swaths of the West and Midwest
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Mike Rosen Coming to Independence Institute 0
- Newsletter
- June 7, 2022
Join us at Independence Institute later this month as radio talk show legend, political commentator, and Complete Colorado columnist Mike Rosen takes you through the ins and outs of the federal budget process. Rosen will show the past, present, and future of federal spending and taxes. He’ll debunk the claims that “the rich don’t pay
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Polis and Xcel Energy’s Love Child 0
- Newsletter
- April 15, 2022
When you were a kid, you were afraid of the dark. And now as an adult, your electric bill scares you into turning off all the lights—the cycle of terror continues. I just looked at the recent inflation numbers put out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nationwide, electricity prices are up 11%. But in
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Last call for this Thursday’s events 0
- Newsletter
- October 12, 2021
As I mentioned before, we have two great events coming up this Thursday that we’d love to have you join in on. CLE Seminar: Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity and Constitutional Litigation From 9:00-1:00pm on Thursday, we are hosting a continuing legal education seminar in partnership with Public Trust Institute. While registration and payment is required to
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