Breckenridge — and soon Summit County — is adopting a “renewable energy mitigation plan” to offset greenhouse gases from outdoor amenities
Solar energy
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What’s driving sudden flare of solar energy and storage in Colorado?
A slew of new projects spotlights state’s leadership in renewable policy and economics, experts say
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Xcel Energy makes money building power plants. The more it builds the more consumers have to pay — with no end in sight.
While the strategy delivers returns to investors, a cascade of rate increases could lead to “a public backlash” a credit agency warns.
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Xcel may have to refund connection fees for Colorado homeowners whose solar projects were delayed
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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Why the ground under Colorado solar panels is ripe for growing food
A Republican lawmaker has joined the previously Democrat-only push for solar agriculture, or agrivoltaics, priming Colorado to become a national leader
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Could Colorado communities get to 100% renewable energy faster than utility companies? Lawmakers may provide the tool.
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.
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Colorado solar industry says federal investment lowers tariff threat
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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T-Mobile anchors new community solar power field as developers diversify how renewables get built in Colorado
The Greeley array juices the equivalent of 113 phone stores and more, as solar developers look for innovative deals to build community gardens
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Colorado’s second-largest electric provider is set to lose 25% of its revenue as customers flee
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
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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