black hills energy
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Gov. John Hickenlooper unveils Colorado’s plan to charge up electric vehicles
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Gov. John Hickenlooper said he doesn’t drive himself around as governor, but next year when he’s term-limited out of office and is again a civilian, he’ll motor around the state in an electric vehicle. He’ll be able to do that more reliably because of the plan he rolled out Wednesday morning to spur the placement…
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As Pueblo eyes a fossil-fuel-free future, Mother Jones takes note
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A Pueblo city councilman wants the Steel City to rely completely on alternative energy by 2035, and he’s catching some national attention for it. Larry Atencio, the representative from Pueblo’s East Side, told Mother Jones what he envisions for the city, which has been in upheaval over energy prices for everal years. Atencio first introduced…
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Drumbeat continues for Pueblo to oust Black Hills as city’s utility
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What unifies Pueblo politicos of every stripe? Black Hills Energy. It seems elected officials in the Steel City can’t go wrong by lashing out at the Rapid City, S.D.-based public utility, which supplies the city most of its power – and has been widely excoriated for years of spiraling utility bills. Talk on the Pueblo…
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A changing of the guard at Pueblo’s much-unloved public utility
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The local face of Rapid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Energy in Pueblo, company Vice President Christopher Burke, is out of the picture and has left the company. The reason? Not clear, but the Pueblo Chieftain’s Peter Roper, who brings us the news of Burke’s departure, suggests a likely basis for the reshuffling with this dry…
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Beware of those savings — they’ll cost you, Pueblo learns
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It’s not like there’s any love lost between Rapid City, S.D.-based Black Hills Energy and the city of Pueblo, to which the investor-owned public utility provides power. The city’s elected leadership, including its City Council and legislative delegation, long have been at odds with Black Hills over its repeated rate hikes in recent years. The…
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Updated: Black Hills Energy responds to Sen. Leroy Garcia’s infuriation
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Updated: Julie C. Rodriguez, a spokeswoman for Black Hills Energy, got back to us with a response to Sen. Leroy Garcia’s withering view of the company’s rate-hike request. Here it is (with the original story below). “In short, the Phase 2 filing is not a request for a rate increase, it is simply a plan…
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Noonan: No shortage of 2017 General Assembly bill quantity, but what about quality?
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The Colorado Senate crossed the 300 bill mark for the first time in quite a few years. The House, with more members than the Senate, will probably get to about 380 bills. Stick in the eye HB17-1328 requires certain federal candidates to disclose their income tax returns to get on the Colorado ballot. The bill…
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State energy-efficiency-program renewal faces main legislative hurdle Thursday
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A bill that would renew a major state energy efficiency program will be heard Thursday afternoon in a Senate committee. The vote very likely will be make or break for the program, which supporters say has had significant positive job-creation and energy-saving effects in the state since it was unrolled in 2007. House Bill 1227,…
