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Colorado: Xcel's cash cow 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- October 31, 2012
Last week Minnesota-based Xcel Energy announced that it beat market expectations with third quarter earnings increasing an impressive 18 percent. Colorado’s largest investor owned utility cited hot weather, rate hikes, and lower costs as reasons for its strong 3Q performance. Colorado (PSCo) outperformed all other Xcel subsidiaries with a 24 percent increase for the third
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Colorado: Xcel’s cash cow 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- October 31, 2012
Last week Minnesota-based Xcel Energy announced that it beat market expectations with third quarter earnings increasing an impressive 18 percent. Colorado’s largest investor owned utility cited hot weather, rate hikes, and lower costs as reasons for its strong 3Q performance. Colorado (PSCo) outperformed all other Xcel subsidiaries with a 24 percent increase for the third
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Colorado Teachers Unions Number One in Political Giving to State Candidates 0
- EDUCATION - Blogs, EDUCATION - Teachers
- October 29, 2012
Halloween is this week, which means it’s almost time for little old me to don the green paint and flex my growing muscles as the Incredible Hulk. (I can hear some of those murmurs out there: “Yeah, incredible is right!”) All right, so maybe just because I put on the costume and go door to […]
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Colorado Isn’t Alone in Considering School Finance Reform “Grand Bargain”0
- EDUCATION - Blogs, EDUCATION - Teachers
- October 11, 2012
I’ve shared with you before my concerns about the work of Colorado’s School Finance Partnership — too weighted down by established interests, too vague and unambitious thus far, etc.
The Partnership put out a report in August, but now is transitioning to a series of technical discussions on how to make effective changes to school […]
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Mike Thomas’ Account Reminds Ed Reformers Hearts and Minds Can Change 0
- EDUCATION - Blogs, EDUCATION - School Choice
- September 20, 2012
(H/T Matt Ladner on Jay Greene’s blog) In the never-ending education reform debates, it’s important not to take for granted that prominent voices can change their minds. Mike Thomas used to be a Florida education news reporter notably skeptical of Jeb Bush’s bold and cutting-edge school reform program. After reviewing the evidence, much of it […]
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What the Smart Experts Are Saying about the Chicago Teachers Union Strike 0
- EDUCATION - Blogs, EDUCATION - Teachers
- September 12, 2012
No time to opine today, but the attention of the K-12 education world is on the continuing Chicago teachers strike. A lot of pixels are being used to cover the topic, but I believe the following are the most informative and insightful:

Dr. Terry Moe, one of the nation’s foremost experts on teachers unions, writes at […]
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