energy
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Colorado residents can save up to $14K under this energy rebate program
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The Colorado Energy Office has launched the first set of energy rebates for homeowners on Thursday. Part of the federally funded Home Energy Rebate Program, low-income Coloradans can save up to $14,000 for making eligible energy-efficient upgrades to their homes, including improvements to appliances, insulation, and electric panels. Funding for the incentives comes from the…
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Colorado, Xcel, petition to delay Comanche coal-fired generating unit shutdown
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Colorado’s largest utility company has petitioned energy regulators to push back the retirement of a coal-fired, electrical generating unit located in the Southern part of the state from December 2025 to the end of 2026. The Polis administration is backing the petition. Comanche Unit 2 is one of three coal-fired units at the Pueblo-based Comanche…
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Energy battle: Colorado power plant closures ignite debate over jobs, taxes and energy future in Pueblo
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As Colorado darts toward a future powered by “clean” energy, a battle is brewing in Pueblo, where coal closures, union jobs and lost tax revenue collide with a community demanding a solution as its power plants are a primary target for a shutdown. Between 2025 and 2031, six more coal-fired power plants in Colorado are scheduled to…
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Xcel appeals to state on billion-dollar energy project denied in El Paso County
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Colorado’s largest utilities provider has asked the state to overrule local decisions on the $1.7 billion Colorado Power Pathway project, which was denied permits this year in El Paso and Elbert counties. Xcel is asking the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to consider overruling local decisions on the 550-mile powerline project in the name of public…
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Western governors’ eye nuclear for power demand
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The Western Governors’ Association’s two-day “Energy Superabundance” workshop this week brought together Gov. Brad Little of Idaho and Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah with federal regulators, utility executives, investors and supply-chain managers. The workshop in Idaho Falls focused on nuclear power’s chicken-and-egg problem. Without workers there are no factories, without factories there is no fuel,…
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Colorado regulators consider Xcel Energy’s proposal for 5,000 MW of new generation
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Colorado’s energy regulators are deliberating Xcel Energy’s request to build out new generating resources, even as business groups urged the commissioners to not “artificially” constrain the amount of power that industry experts concluded the state needs. Xcel is asking the Public Utilities Commission to build 5,000 megawatts of new capacity over the next five years. …
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Colorado Democrats advance proposal seeking to curb costs of utility bills
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Months after the Colorado legislature began investigating the state’s skyrocketing energy bills, Democrats advanced a proposal they say will help address the issue. Senate Bill 291 seeks to lower costs of utility bills and reduce future volatility by making several changes to the regulation of Colorado’s investor-owned electricity and natural gas providers, such as Xcel Energy, including…
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Colorado legislature forms special committee to investigate skyrocketing energy bills
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The Colorado legislature is setting its sights on the skyrocketing energy bills crushing households throughout the state, creating a special committee to investigate what’s going on. Senate President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, and House Speaker Julie McCluskie, D-Dillon, announced Thursday they are forming a joint select committee tasked with determining the cause of rising utility rates…
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4 years later: Polis’ inaugural promises revisited
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Jared Polis was sworn in for his second term as governor of Colorado on Tuesday, marking four years since he entered office with the promise of creating a “Colorado for all.” Far from being the state’s most prominent leader as he is today, Polis stood in front of the Capitol on Jan. 8, 2019 and…
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10th Circuit revives lawsuit over misrepresentations of Weld County oil, gas production
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A Texas woman may now have a jury decide whether she was duped into selling her royalty rights in Weld County when a buyer allegedly lied to her that no oil and gas production was occurring on the land in question. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit reinstated the lawsuit…
