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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 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 inOpinion Columns

Opinion: The transition from gas to electricity mustn’t leave Latino households behind

by Beatriz Soto 1:30 AM MST on Nov 30, 20229:05 AM MST on Nov 29, 2022

If wealthier households are first to exit the gas system, the remaining customers will be stuck with higher prices.

Posted inBusiness

Xcel’s $32M plan for Sloan Lake area ignites debate over Colorado’s energy future

by Mark Jaffe 3:33 AM MST on Nov 22, 202212:06 PM MST on Nov 22, 2022

Critics say Xcel Energy’s push to supply natural gas to 6,800 new customers in Denver, Edgewater and Lakewood runs afoul of Denver’s plans to reduce natural gas consumption

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Opinion: Big Gig sells ‘flexibility,’ but what I want is transparency

by Michael Machar 1:30 AM MDT on Nov 1, 20225:21 PM MDT on Oct 31, 2022

The company’s algorithms control every move I make. My fellow drivers and I are fighting back.

Posted inBusiness

Xcel Energy will hike its gas rate for a third time this year in Colorado

by Mark Jaffe 3:35 AM MDT on Oct 21, 202212:33 PM MDT on Oct 21, 2022

Xcel Energy was OK’d to increase natural gas bills for the third time this year. Consumer advocates say it could have been worse.

Posted inBusiness

Xcel Energy’s ability to meet next summer’s electricity demand hangs on two Pueblo solar projects

by Mark Jaffe 3:30 AM MDT on Oct 4, 202210:31 PM MDT on Oct 2, 2022

The transition from fossil-fuel generated electricity to renewables is proving tricky for Colorado’s largest utility.

Posted inBusiness

A quarter of Colorado’s 981 orphan wells went dormant when one natural gas gathering system was shut down

by Mark Jaffe 3:52 AM MDT on Sep 26, 20228:53 AM MDT on Sep 26, 2022

Adams County was especially hard when Third Creek pipelines were dismantled because of safety concerns. Small operators walked away from 225 wells.

Posted inBusiness

December natural gas bills will jump 54% as Xcel passes a stack of price hikes on to Colorado customers

by Mark Jaffe 3:32 AM MDT on Sep 23, 20229:29 AM MDT on Sep 23, 2022

Colorado’s largest utility is passing on price hikes that will raise the average natural gas bill to $177 from $115

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