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.
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4 Colorado electric co-ops want repayment after Xcel Energy allegedly mishandled gas supply during a deep freeze
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.”
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Soaring utility bills send huge waves of people scrambling for help keeping heat and lights on in Colorado
More than 100,000 people have called for aid paying gas and electric bills, but the help is available only once per customer
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Opinion: The transition from gas to electricity mustn’t leave Latino households behind
If wealthier households are first to exit the gas system, the remaining customers will be stuck with higher prices.
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Xcel’s $32M plan for Sloan Lake area ignites debate over Colorado’s energy future
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
The company’s algorithms control every move I make. My fellow drivers and I are fighting back.
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Xcel Energy will hike its gas rate for a third time this year in Colorado
Xcel Energy was OK’d to increase natural gas bills for the third time this year. Consumer advocates say it could have been worse.
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Xcel Energy’s ability to meet next summer’s electricity demand hangs on two Pueblo solar projects
The transition from fossil-fuel generated electricity to renewables is proving tricky for Colorado’s largest utility.
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A quarter of Colorado’s 981 orphan wells went dormant when one natural gas gathering system was shut down
Adams County was especially hard when Third Creek pipelines were dismantled because of safety concerns. Small operators walked away from 225 wells.
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December natural gas bills will jump 54% as Xcel passes a stack of price hikes on to Colorado customers
Colorado’s largest utility is passing on price hikes that will raise the average natural gas bill to $177 from $115