Author: Ted Leighty

Ted Leighty Coloradans need a smart, balanced and cost-effective approach toward reducing the state’s carbon footprint. That includes giving high priority to consumers’ interests in any strategy moving forward. It also means avoiding untested, risky and costly policies while Colorado’s energy use evolves. One risky and costly initiative now under consideration by our state’s policy…

Ted Leighty One of the more well-intentioned but misguided proposals getting national press lately has turned up in Colorado. It’s a mandate that would drive the cost of housing even higher across our state by saddling every new homeowner with a rooftop array of more expensive solar panels – whether they want them or not. What’s…

Ted Leighty With our local communities and state suffering from an ongoing housing affordability crisis, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will be voting on legislation this week that would make the situation even worse.  The Energy Savings and Industrial Savings Act would result in overly costly and aggressive energy efficiency requirements that would do…