Unpacking Colorado's Electric Vehicle Triumphalism
- December 9, 2024
On Saturday morning, a defiant PUC Staff threatened to walk out of proceedings on the Clean Air Clean Jobs Act unless the PUC agreed to disqualify an accelerated version of Xcel “preferred” HB 1365 implementation plan. This unprecedented outburst was precipitated by the revelation that Xcel had failed to fully comply with a discovery request.
READ MOREA Quick Review of HB 1365… HB 1365, the Clean Air Clean Jobs Act, mandates that Xcel file a plan by August 15 2010 that would: be implemented by December 31, 2017; meet “reasonably foreseeable” state and federal air quality regulations; achieve at least 70% reductions in nitrogen oxides emissions from at least 900 megawatts
READ MOREReview October 25 Preview: Primer October 25 Review: PUC Deliberations Are Mere Industrial War by Other Means October 26 Preview: A New Plan October 26 Update: Xcel’s New Plan Is Actually an Old Plan No One Is Happy with Xcel’s New Plan, Including Xcel Not a single stakeholder readily supports Xcel’s new recommended strategy to
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