U.S. Energy Information Administration

Fast Facts About Electricity in Colorado in 2023 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- March 18, 2024
Newly released federal government data offers insights into Colorado’s electricity sector last year. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently published its latest Electric Power Monthly report with additional data gathered through December 2023. The data is preliminary and will continue to be refined by the agency until it releases its final Electric Power Annual report
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EIA: Renewables Dominate Federal Energy Subsidies 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- October 2, 2023
Corporate welfare has long been a feature of U.S. energy policy. A recent government report highlights how much that corporate welfare redounds to the benefit of wind and solar over the resources that form the backbone of the country’s energy economy. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its latest Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in
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EIA: Coal Still King in Colorado 0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- December 7, 2022
Colorado often fancies itself as a leader in the so-called clean energy transition. And in some ways it has earned that reputation. The state became the first in the nation to enact a renewable portfolio standard by citizen’s initiative, for example, all the way back in 2004. And the Colorado General Assembly routinely passes new
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Gas is Dead. Long Live Gas!0
- ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Hydraulic Fracturing
- August 25, 2022
Natural gas is one of the go-to bogeymen for many climate hawks. This is despite the remarkable economic and climate contributions of natural gas over the last decade or so. As such, activists and policymakers have made a concerted effort over the last few years to begin constraining the industry and phasing out the fuel’s
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Colorado Hydro Fails to Put the “New” in Renewable 0
- Archive, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Renewable Energy
- April 2, 2013
By Brandon Ratterman Colorado is having trouble defining hydroelectricity. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers it to be a renewable resource, and the Colorado Energy Office calculates hydroelectric power’s emission rate as equal to wind and solar. Despite these two distinctions, Colorado’s renewable energy standard defines hydroelectricity as renewable only if the generating facility is
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