Author: Lynn Granger

Lynn Granger Dan Haley A diversity of sources that can provide cleaner and affordable energy to a growing global population is essential as the world faces the dual challenge of meeting high global demand and reducing carbon emissions. In particular, the ongoing global energy crisis shows the world needs reliable American natural gas more than…

Lynn Granger As the war in Ukraine escalated earlier this year, Russia began cutting off gas supplies to Europe in retaliation for western sanctions. The move left Europe scrambling to find alternative sources to build up its natural gas inventories for winter, as Russia had supplied 40% of its natural gas before the war. The…

Lynn Granger The average American drives nearly 40 miles each day. With gas prices having reached new heights this summer, what was once a simple exercise in commuting to work or driving to the grocery store quickly became an unimaginable headache. In June, Coloradans endured the greatest price hike of any state in the nation…

Lynn Granger By now, most Coloradans are familiar with the natural gas and oil industry’s outsized and seemingly repeated participation in state legislative and regulatory proceedings. Readers of these pages have seen our facts and figures time and again, our mountain of eye-popping data underscoring natural gas and oil’s substantial impact on Colorado jobs and…

Lynn Granger As you read this from the comfort of your home, I hope you and your loved ones are healthy, safe and supplied. Together, we face an unprecedented challenge, both economically and, more importantly, through the lens of public health. Each of us can do our part to get through these challenging days more…

Lynn Granger In recent weeks, Coloradans have seen a number of stories in the news that imply the state is short-changing itself on the taxes collected from natural gas and oil operations. Nothing could be further from the truth. To look at revenue streams through a singular lens oversimplifies the subject, particularly when comparing Colorado’s…

Lynn Granger Last week, a Denver City Council committee advanced two new taxes on electricity and natural gas usage on the city’s commercial and industrial businesses. These measures, which were hastily crafted behind closed doors without a proper stakeholder process, could increase the costs on consumers, small businesses, and lower-income families. Even without substantive analysis, rationale or…