Platte River Power Authority has an ambitious plan, but a new gas-fired electricity plant as a bridge is dividing key customers
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Colorado regulators consider trimming Xcel Energy plan to build new solar, wind generation
Colorado’s largest utility is also asking for $3B in new transmission lines. PUC looks to see if that sum can be cut before passing it on to consumers.
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More Colorado energy co-ops line up to leave Xcel, Tri-State for cleaner, cheaper electricity providers
United Power will be the next to go, with 7 other smaller co-ops attempting to renegotiate contracts or find price stability on their own
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New Belgium Brewing prepares for industrial heat pump that could cut its greenhouse gas emissions
Fort Collins-based AtmosZero is using brewer to pilot a drop-in heat pump system that could help reduce the carbon footprints of other similar companies that account for 7% of U.S. greenhouse gases.
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Opinion: Xcel’s Clean Heat Plan is less than meets the eye
In reality, it is a plan to keep burning natural gas, which only adds to climate-warming emissions.
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Opinion: Xcel Energy: We will need natural gas to bridge us to a clean-energy future
Our existing natural gas system, working together with newer solutions, is how we will reach our 2050 net-zero carbon energy vision.
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Gas stoves in Colorado produce toxic benzene levels worse than secondhand smoke, Stanford study finds
Researchers don’t want families to panic, but warn gas appliances need venting at least and may need replacement with clean electric models
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EPA fines natural gas companies in Colorado, the West $9 million for ozone-causing leaks
Penalties also require new equipment to stop emissions at gas-gathering sites in joint enforcement crackdown with state
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Colorado planned to lease state land to Utah power company for a natural gas plant. Then protests surfaced.
Deseret Power seeks Colorado public land near Rangely for a 50 megawatt generating station, but green groups are attacking the idea of more subsidized fossil fuel burning
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Should insurance companies have to let Coloradans replace broken gas appliances with electric models?
A bill in the legislature proposes home warranty owners be allowed to make the switch.