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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 inOpinion Columns

Opinion: When Denver temperatures plunged below zero, my heat pump kept my home at 70

by Dan Esposito 1:30 AM MST on Jan 19, 20236:54 PM MST on Jan 18, 2023

Advances in technology have created heat pumps that can withstand an Arctic blast, at less operating cost than natural gas.

Posted inEconomy

What’s Working: How Colorado’s high egg and energy prices mesh with its slowing inflation

by Tamara Chuang 4:42 AM MST on Jan 14, 202312:21 AM MST on Jan 14, 2023

The Denver metro area’s 8% annual inflation rate in 2022 was the highest in decades. Plus: Readers share their economic outlook, personal savings is in decline, and more!

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 pieces are in place to turn Colorado’s clean energy transition into an economic boom

by Emilie Olson 1:30 AM MST on Dec 3, 20225:04 PM MST on Dec 2, 2022

Lower costs and more jobs are possible — if the parties in the General Assembly work together

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 inOpinion Columns

Opinion: With investment, Colorado can be a ‘green hydrogen’ energy leader

by Kurt Adams 1:30 AM MST on Nov 23, 20226:05 PM MST on Nov 23, 2022

We have a system for transporting the renewable resource right under our feet.

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

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.

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