Independence Institute

Is 2025 the Year that Colorado Goes Nuclear? Hopefully!0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Environment
- February 14, 2025
The Colorado House Energy and Environment Committee passed HB25-1040, “Adding Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource,” to the House floor on an 8 to 5 vote. Testimony went long and late into the evening. I couldn’t stay the entire time and submitted my written testimony online. I’ve provided it below, along with brief explanations
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How to Support Higher Education Without Promoting “Woke”0
- CONSTITUTION
- February 22, 2024
The Independence Institute is the oldest of the state-based think tanks. We mix Colorado issues with work on the U.S. Constitution.
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Energy & Environmental Policy Center’s Testimony on Bill to Classify Nuclear as ‘Clean Energy’0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Governing Bodies / Agencies
- January 25, 2024
On Wednesday, January 24, 2024, Independence Institute’s Energy and Environmental Policy Analyst Jake Fogleman testified on SB24-039 in the Colorado Senate Transportation & Energy Committee. The bill would have amended the state’s statutory definitions of “clean energy” and “clean energy resources” to include nuclear energy. The committee ultimately voted not to pass the bill at
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Poll: Majority of Colorado Likely Voters Favor Nuclear Energy 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- May 19, 2023
Colorado voters are broadly in favor of the country’s largest source of clean energy, according to a newly released Independence Institute/Cygnal poll. Likely general election voters across Colorado favor nuclear energy more than 2:1 (53% support, 25% oppose). 54% said they favor including nuclear power in Colorado’s clean energy mix by 2040, with support crossing
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Jake Fogleman Talks Energy Bills at the Capitol, Nuclear Energy on the Jimmy Lakey Show 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Radio, WATCH & LISTEN
- March 1, 2023
Policy analyst Jake Fogleman joined the Jimmy Lakey Show on 600 KCOL to talk about his article on the Democrats at the legislature killing a Republican-led clean energy bill. They also discuss how policymakers can keep energy affordable for Coloradans and what the future holds for the reliability of the state’s electric grid. Listen to
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Jake Fogleman Talks Natural Gas Saving Colorado’s Grid, Nuclear Energy on the Mandy Connell Show 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Radio, WATCH & LISTEN
- January 7, 2023
Policy analyst Jake Fogleman joined the Mandy Connell Show on 850 KOA to talk about his article on Colorado’s dunkelflaute episode that saw fossil fuels save the stability of Colorado’s electric grid. They also discuss the pros and cons of nuclear power and why the state’s policymakers would be wise to consider championing it if they
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