Local utilities leaving the giant electricity producer opened the door to early retirement of Craig Station Unit 3 by start of 2028.
Energy
Posted inPolitics and Government
President Joe Biden, speaking on Lauren Boebert’s home turf, touts his clean energy work
Biden toured Pueblo’s CS Wind factory in his fifth visit to Colorado since taking office in 2021
Posted inWater
Colorado River crisis: How did the nation’s two largest reservoirs nearly go dry?
Historic drought, poor planning, competing political agendas and climate-change denial contributed to dangerously low levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell, experts say. What’s being done to reverse the damage?
Posted inEnvironment
Colorado sees geothermal as a key part of the clean energy transition. But funding it has proved difficult.
$5 million in state grants for clean energy projects might help
Posted inNews
PHOTOS: What the Climax mine leaves behind
The world’s hunger for molybdenum keeps the Climax mine running 24/7 — even after more than a century of extraction
Posted inEconomy
What’s Working: It’s not always about GDP, especially in areas like northwestern Colorado
As this corner of the state deals with coal-fired power plants shutting down and sagging oil and gas revenue, diversifying the local economy is now in full gear. Plus: Colorado home sales are down though prices are up.
Posted inBusiness
AI is watching for wildfire in Colorado’s mountains
Xcel Energy is investing in high-res cameras that talk to algorithms trained to identify wisps of smoke long before they erupt into wildfire
Posted inEnvironment
How is Colorado doing on cutting carbon emissions? Not great, state analysis says.
To meet ambitious 50% reduction by 2030 requires tougher limits on fossil fuels, more free transit and denser land planning.
Posted inPolitics and Government
How $500M in federal infrastructure money is being spent in Colorado
The state’s share of the 10-year, $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure act has mostly gone to water resources and scientific innovation
Posted inWater
Western Slope water interests make $98.5M play to buy some of the Colorado River’s oldest water rights from Xcel
Xcel Energy owns some of the oldest water right on the Colorado River. A coalition is pushing the utility to sell it so they can control flows near Glenwood Springs.