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Microgrids: save the date for disruptive technology 0
- Energy
- August 29, 2019
Autonomy, reliable electricity, and a business structure that renders the century old electric monopoly utility model obsolete. Wholesale adoption of microgrids hasn’t have arrived yet, but make no mistake, it’s on the way. Microgrids are like “uber for energy.” People will have the ability to choose what resource powers their home and may even have
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Unjust Transition: The Flawed Moral Reasoning of House Bill 1314 0
- Energy, Issues
- July 8, 2019
By: Tegan Truitt Fifth blog in our series on the Colorado Green New Deal Last legislative session, the Democrats introduced a series of sweeping environmental bills we are labelling collectively the Colorado Green New Deal (GND). Just like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s infamous proposal, the legislation is haphazard, piecemeal, and riddled with flaws that are as sweeping
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Are More Government Regulations Really Necessary?0
- Energy
- May 29, 2019
Third blog in our series on the Colorado Green New Deal After reading House Bill 1231, one cannot help but wonder, do the members of our state Legislature really have enough time to micromanage businesses and individuals? The stated intent of 1231 is to “protect consumers and businesses against manufacturers who would otherwise sell, in
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How far will California drive Colorado public policy?0
- Energy
- February 3, 2019
“It’s a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year.” Truman Capote Colorado is two states and a thousand miles from Sacramento, but based on recent public policy, you’d think Colorado residents were living along the Pacific Coast Highway instead of the Front Range of the
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Early Concerns and Approval – 2019 Energy Bills 0
- Energy
- January 30, 2019
After getting steamrolled in state legislative elections, center right voters across the state need to prepare themselves for progressive left legislation that more than likely will drive up energy prices for the sin of being productive and prosperous. Apparently, the best way to ecological paradise is by enriching monopoly utilities like Xcel Energy. While it
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RTD’s death spiral 0
- Issues, Transportation, TRANSPORTATION - Op Eds, TRANSPORTATION - Regional Transportation District
- January 16, 2019
Much of RTD’s problem stems from its mania for an obsolete form of transportation: trains.
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