Colorado PUC Steamrolls Local Decisions on Xcel’s $1.7B Power Pathway Transmission Line
When Xcel Energy started condemning Elbert County ranchland for its $1.7 billion, 550-mile Power Pathway transmission line, it hadn’t yet bothered to secure local permits. The monopoly utility filed condemnation actions against landowners while holding signed easement agreements on just 27 of the 48 properties it needed to access. Even Colorado Public Utilities Commissioner Tom […]
Energy Policy Center testimony on HB17-1116
Mr. Chairman, members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Michael Sandoval. I am the senior energy policy analyst for the Independence Institute, a state-based, free market think tank, headquartered in Denver. The Independence Institute is opposed to HB17-1116 not in intent, but in process. We do think […]
