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Posted inEnergy

Colorado’s governor wants to reduce your utility bill. Don’t expect a big decrease anytime soon.

by Jesse Paul and Mark Jaffe 2:15 PM MST on Feb 6, 202310:51 AM MST on Feb 7, 2023

The requests Gov. Jared Polis made Monday will take a year or more to take effect. They are intended to help Coloradans next winter.

Posted inColoradans

The dancers’ manual: Passing down Colorado ballet, one class at a time

by Mark Jaffe 4:41 AM MST on Feb 3, 20239:22 AM MST on Feb 3, 2023

There may be no place, except perhaps the military, that is more highly regimented than ballet

Posted inBusiness

Troubled oil and gas company K.P. Kauffman threatened with loss of right to do business in Colorado

by Mark Jaffe 4:26 AM MST on Feb 2, 20239:01 AM MST on Feb 2, 2023

State’s regulators reinstated a large fine set aside when KPK promised to clean up leaks and spills because just a tiny fraction of the work is done

Posted inEnergy

Heat pumps are having a moment in Colorado, but do they really work in the bitter cold? Yes.

by Mark Jaffe 4:45 AM MST on Jan 26, 20233:21 PM MST on Jan 29, 2023

Developed in 1857, tech improvements are making heat pumps a viable element in the contemporary transition to cleaner, more energy efficient homes.

Posted inEnergy

Colorado utility bills are high because of two things state regulators can’t control: Weather and gas prices

by Joshua Perry and Mark Jaffe 4:15 AM MST on Jan 26, 20239:14 AM MST on Jan 26, 2023

State utilities regulators called a hearing to discuss how — and if they can — lessen impacts of frigid weather and pressure in the natural gas market

Posted inBusiness

K.P. Kauffman asks for more time to clean up troubled oil and gas wells. Colorado regulators are out of patience.

by Mark Jaffe 3:46 AM MST on Jan 23, 20232:41 PM MST on Jan 23, 2023

KPK says it will be in better financial condition if it sells northeastern Colorado wells to a company proposing to use them for a carbon capture project.

Posted inBusiness

4 Colorado electric co-ops want repayment after Xcel Energy allegedly mishandled gas supply during a deep freeze

by Mark Jaffe 3:30 AM MST on Jan 5, 20238:17 PM MST on Jan 4, 2023

Xcel appears to have directed its own natural gas supply to meet reserve requirements rather than generate power during 2021 storm. “It’s like someone is knocking on your door to pay a credit card bill and you are putting the money in savings.”

Posted inEnvironment

Could Colorado communities get to 100% renewable energy faster than utility companies? Lawmakers may provide the tool.

by Mark Jaffe 3:44 AM MST on Jan 4, 20237:11 AM MST on Jan 4, 2023

Community choice electric, or CCE, is a concept pioneered in 1999. Xcel Energy says it’s a solution to a carbon problem that is already on its way to being solved.

Posted inBusiness

Soaring utility bills send huge waves of people scrambling for help keeping heat and lights on in Colorado

by Mark Jaffe and Nancy Lofholm 3:41 AM MST on Dec 23, 202212:15 PM MST on Dec 23, 2022

More than 100,000 people have called for aid paying gas and electric bills, but the help is available only once per customer

Posted inBusiness

Working group will begin exploring rules for controlling the cumulative impacts of oil and gas drilling in Colorado

by Mark Jaffe 3:30 AM MST on Dec 12, 20226:54 AM MST on Dec 12, 2022

Regulators reacted to the appeal of 6 environmental groups that say data for individual drilling projects isn’t helping solve Colorado’s regional pollution problems

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