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Colorado business leaders, Gov. Jared Polis send warning as companies pack their bags
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Is Colorado scaring away corporate expansions and entrepreneurs that had once made the state a magnet for high-tech business growth? That’s the assertion of a letter signed by more than 200 business and technology leaders, addressed to Gov. Jared Polis, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, Democratic senatorial candidates and other political leaders. Notably, one of the…
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Builders say state’s push fails to create more affordable housing
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What’s the secret sauce for making homes more affordable in Colorado? That’s the question that renters are asking when the median price of a home — now $550,000 — ranks Colorado as one of the least affordable places to live in the nation. Fourth or fifth from the bottom, according to some rankings. Colorado is…
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Part owner of troubled Comanche 3 power plant wants money back from Colorado’s Xcel Energy
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A part owner of the troubled and soon-to-be decommissioned Comanche Power Station Unit 3 near Pueblo wants its money back. CORE Electrical Cooperative delivered a notice Sept. 6 to the Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), Xcel Energy’s Colorado branch, saying it is withdrawing from its partial ownership of the facility and demanding a refund…
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Polis slams ruling that favors Xcel hiking residential gas bills by at least 11%
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Gov. Jared Polis on Friday slammed an administrative ruling that favors Xcel Energy’s request to recover $509 million from Colorado ratepayers for the costs incurred during a winter spell in February last year that wreaked havoc throughout the Midwest, killing more than 200 people nationwide. In her ruling on Wednesday, Administrative Law Judge Melody Mirbaba…
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Polis calls on Commerce Department to halt Chinese solar panel dumping investigation
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Gov. Jared Polis sent a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Tuesday, urging her to quash a federal investigation of Asian solar panel manufacturers who may be illegally sourcing parts from China to circumvent federal government anti-dumping regulations. Auxin Solar, a California-based solar panel manufacturer, filed a complaint with the Commerce…
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Polis administration moving to remove diesel and gas powered trucks by 2050
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The Colorado Department of Transportation announced yesterday the release of a draft strategy to remove gas and diesel trucks, including pickup trucks, from Colorado’s roadways. Governor Jared Polis’ Clean Truck Strategy “to encourage the adoption of zero-emission medium and heavy-duty trucks by 2050” is open for public comment. In a press release, Executive Director of…