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Posted inEnvironment

Want a hot tub at your Colorado ski town home? You might have to offset its emissions first.

by Mark Jaffe 3:59 AM MDT on Aug 15, 20238:27 AM MDT on Aug 15, 2023

Breckenridge — and soon Summit County — is adopting a “renewable energy mitigation plan” to offset greenhouse gases from outdoor amenities

Posted inEnergy

What’s driving sudden flare of solar energy and storage in Colorado?

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MDT on Jul 21, 20239:23 PM MDT on Jul 20, 2023

A slew of new projects spotlights state’s leadership in renewable policy and economics, experts say

Pollution rises from a power plant.
Posted inBusiness

Xcel Energy makes money building power plants. The more it builds the more consumers have to pay — with no end in sight.

by Mark Jaffe 4:42 AM MDT on May 31, 20236:47 AM MDT on May 31, 2023

While the strategy delivers returns to investors, a cascade of rate increases could lead to “a public backlash” a credit agency warns.

Posted inEnergy

Xcel may have to refund connection fees for Colorado homeowners whose solar projects were delayed

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MST on Feb 16, 20234:49 PM MST on Feb 15, 2023

Backlog of getting home systems linked to the grid reached a peak in January. Xcel says it’s catching up but also blames developers.

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Posted inEnvironment

Why the ground under Colorado solar panels is ripe for growing food

by Gabe Allen and Tyler Hickman 4:18 AM MST on Jan 22, 20235:51 PM MST on Jan 22, 2023

A Republican lawmaker has joined the previously Democrat-only push for solar agriculture, or agrivoltaics, priming Colorado to become a national leader

Posted inEnvironment

Could Colorado communities get to 100% renewable energy faster than utility companies? Lawmakers may provide the tool.

by Mark Jaffe 3:44 AM MST on Jan 4, 20237:11 AM MST on Jan 4, 2023

Community choice electric, or CCE, is a concept pioneered in 1999. Xcel Energy says it’s a solution to a carbon problem that is already on its way to being solved.

Posted inEnvironment

Colorado solar industry says federal investment lowers tariff threat

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MST on Dec 27, 20229:45 AM MST on Dec 24, 2022

Inflation Reduction Act will boost U.S. makers of solar panels, easing worries that Commerce Department tariffs will choke off building stock

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Posted inEnvironment

T-Mobile anchors new community solar power field as developers diversify how renewables get built in Colorado

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MST on Dec 1, 20223:47 PM MST on Dec 1, 2022

The Greeley array juices the equivalent of 113 phone stores and more, as solar developers look for innovative deals to build community gardens

Posted inBusiness

Colorado’s second-largest electric provider is set to lose 25% of its revenue as customers flee

by Mark Jaffe 3:21 AM MST on Nov 30, 20222:09 PM MDT on Mar 29, 2023

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is at a crossroads as its 42 rural co-ops look to generate more of their own electricity or buy it on the open market

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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