energy efficiency
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Denver’s housing agency seeks budget hike to house 220 homeless individuals in hotels
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Denver’s housing agency wants to quickly remove more than 220 homeless individuals from the streets by housing them in hotels, officials said during budget hearings this week. The department also wants to house 150 or more through another housing program. Officials from the Department of Housing Stability laid out their case for more funding on Tuesday, even…
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Colorado regulators raise Xcel’s energy-efficiency target by 25%
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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has raised the energy-efficiency bar for Xcel Energy Inc. even as Colorado’s biggest power utility sought to hold it steady. Under a 2007 state law, investor-owned utilities, like Minneapolis-based Xcel, have to implement programs to cut the demand for electricity-known as “demand-side management” or DSM- in return for financial incentives.…
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Colorado energy jobs led by natural gas and energy efficiency sectors
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Energy employment in Colorado grew by 11 percent in 2017 to a total of nearly 91,000 jobs – lead by the natural gas and energy-efficiency sectors, according to a report by the National Association of State Energy Officials. The survey of energy companies, which was done in conjunction with the energy think tank the Energy…
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Retired Air Force General Ronald Keys talks energy, national security with Colorado farmers
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In the decade he’s been examining the relationship between climate change and national security, retired Air Force General Ronald E. Keys says he’s seen huge advances in efficiency, affordability and ways to use renewable energy in more and more situations, but some of the most profound changes he’s seen have been in attitudes. “People would…
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Energy-smart buildings get $2 million for research at the University of Colorado
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Imagine this, people who have been waiting long enough for some George Jetson innovation: a home or office building that could sense how many people were inside, where they are and generally what they’re doing, then adjust the thermostat and ventilation. In the bargain, energy savings up to about 30 percent. That’s what researchers at…
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet thrilled with energy-efficient homes at Solar Decathlon
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After touring the Solar Decathlon site and speaking with a couple hundred middle school students about the impact the technology on display could have on the economy, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said he was thrilled the U.S. Department of Energy had chosen Colorado for this year’s installation. “It’s another recognition of Colorado’s leadership to have…
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#Coleg Week 17: Hospital fee, high-risk pools, transportation reprise, forced pooling, Columbus Day, sanctuary cities
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The big game this week will strut into the open on Tuesday at 8:40 a.m., when the Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to hear Senate Bill 267, the forebodingly titled “Sustainability of Rural Colorado” proposal. The bill would rescue the proposed state budget from its wretchedness by refilling $500 million in hospital cuts and generating…
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Touted energy efficiency program re-up hits legislative speed bump
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A bipartisan bill to reauthorize a popular and by most accounts dramatically successful utility-run energy efficiency program in the state was detoured Wednesday on its way to the Senate floor. Republicans on the Senate agricultural and energy committee voted as a bloc to send House Bill 1227 to the hardline Senate finance committee. Supporters of…
