Even the founders and an enthusiastic governor admit it sounds crazy: Charge up a train full of massive batteries with clean solar or wind energy out on the plains, then roll the…
Tag: energy
Xcel Energy ordered to remove investor relations and executive salaries from costs passed on to Colorado consumers
Colorado utility regulators — using the mandates in a 2023 law — are looking to carve lobbying fees, trade association dues and investor relations costs from Xcel Energy rate requests. In a…
Tri-State won $2.5 billion to close coal plants, get new renewable energy for rural customers
Tri-State Generation has won praise from environmental groups for an aggressive plan to build clean, renewable energy, and Friday the co-op won the financing to do it: $2.5 billion in federal loans…
Xcel drained its $94M energy efficiency budget after marijuana growers took notice — and wants $34M more
After shooting through most of its energy efficiency budget for this year, Xcel Energy has suspended all its programs for businesses and asked state regulators for an additional $34 million above the…
3 Colorado utilities are getting $1.1B from the feds to accelerate the move to renewable energy
Two Colorado electric cooperatives and the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association are in line for about $1.1 billion in grants and loans to speed the transition to renewable energy and soften the…
CU Boulder’s new $43M energy plant is not green enough for its faculty experts
The West District energy plant provides steam heat and cooling, and backup electrical power, for the CU Boulder main campus. (University of Colorado Boulder) When it comes to pitching a new, green-friendly…
Geothermal developers to get $1M from Icelandic investors, energy office to tap resource deep under Chaffee County
A pair of geothermal energy developers are getting some much-needed funding to advance their quest to access the hot-water resource deep underground in Chaffee County. The money is coming from the state…
Xcel Energy is unsure it can meet Colorado’s clean-energy goals at the cost it promised
The price tag on Xcel Energy’s $12 billion Clean Energy Plan — which is facing supply chain problems and uncertainty over tariffs — may have to rise, the company said in a…
Rural Colorado town’s battle against solar project raises questions about the cultural cost of clean energy
Story first appeared in: It seemed like a good idea. Put a large solar array on 640 acres of sagebrush and cedar about 30 miles northwest of Telluride. There was already a…
Colorado EV sales dropped off by one measure, but green energy leaders say sky remains blue
Sales of clean fuel vehicles in Colorado slowed in the first quarter of 2024 despite a growing stack of lucrative rebates available, according to the Colorado Auto Dealers Association, though some green…