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Ripe for Change: It’s Time to Consider Microgrids 0
- Energy
- December 14, 2018
Fourth article in our series about microgrids. What received a D+ rating and is in need of major updates and improvements? No, not the Denver Broncos’ coaching staff! The answer is the U.S. electric grid. The United States electric grid is still an engineering marvel, but much of it was built before the twenty-first century,
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Microgrid Technology: The Option for the Individual 0
- Energy
- December 12, 2018
Third article in our series about microgrids By Casey Freeman The combination of new technology and the free market has given average people access to goods and services that until recently were readily available only to the upper echelons of society. For example, ordering a nice car to your door to chauffer you around town
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Uber for energy: Is electricity the next sharing economy?0
- Coalition of Ratepayers, Energy
- November 13, 2018
Second article in our series about microgrids The United States’ traditional electric grid is an engineering marvel with nearly 160,000 miles of transmission lines, millions of miles of distribution lines, and over 73,000 power plants. It delivers power throughout all of America, and it allows us to use air conditioners in the summer and heaters in
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Don’t be dull, embrace microgrids 0
- Coalition of Ratepayers, Energy
- November 12, 2018
By Casey Freeman First article in our series about microgrids Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy are Colorado’s two regulated electric monopolies. Xcel is the larger of the two and provides retail service to the greater Denver Metro Area, Greeley, and Grand Junction, while Black Hills services Pueblo and the surrounding area. These utilities operate
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The return of Mike Rosen 0
- Newsletter
- August 8, 2018
He’s back in print! We pulled radio host legend and columnist Mike Rosen off the golf course and hid his scotch until he agreed to join CompleteColorado.com as a regular columnist. His debut column is out today – Yes, I voted for Trump, and I’m glad I did. Visit CompleteColorado.com to see all the latest
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Xcel’s Colorado Energy Plan no cheap ‘first class’ seat to NYC 0
- Coalition of Ratepayers, ENERGY - Opinion Editorials
- July 17, 2018
The CEO of San Francisco based Energy Innovation Hal Harvey absurdly compared Xcel Energy’s massive fuel switching scheme called the Colorado Energy Plan (CEP) to a cheap first class airline seat to New York City. Many of us in Colorado know that’s not true; the experience has been more like flying on an abusive airline – you know the one where
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