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NOONAN: Renewables can transform the state’s regulatory environment
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Renewable energy disruption may bring regulatory relief to Coloradans if Xcel pursues wind/solar energy bids to replace two coal-fired power plants. Xcel brought the bids to the Public Utilities Commission recently, showing that wind and solar are now more than competitive with oil and gas for electricity production. The economics of switching to renewables will…
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Colorado’s chief oil & gas regulator moves on, draws darts as well as accolades
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Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper had kind words Tuesday for Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Director Matt Lepore, who announced he would resign next month to return to the private sector. The anti-oil-and-gas advocacy group Food & Water Watch, meanwhile, said Lepore shouldn’t let the door swat him in the backside on his way out.…
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Firestone tragedy unlikely to shake up Capitol oil and gas politics
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A lot has changed in the wake of the oil and gas industry-linked explosion at the end of April in Firestone that killed two. Anadarko Petroleum shut down 3,000 wells. Matt Lepore, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission director, spoke about conducting “an ongoing conversation about new safety measures” of one kind or another. Gov.…
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Top Colorado regulator uncertain ‘what happens next’ after fatal Firestone explosion linked to oil and gas operations
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Matt Lepore, director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, told reporters Tuesday afternoon that it was a “confluence of events” tied to an uncapped line leading to a gas well that led to the fatal home explosion in Firestone April 17. He said that state well inspections and regulations would not necessarily prevent…
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In light of recent gas patch events, Boulder casts Coffman court case as absurd
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Boulder County’s moratorium on new oil and gas drilling expires in three days — but the lawsuit seeking to lift that moratorium will continue, for now. On Wednesday, Boulder District Judge Norma Sierra denied the county’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which was filed early in the year by state Attorney General Cynthia Coffman and…
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Colorado drilling commission pressed on fatal Front Range gas patch home explosion
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The fact that the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission held a press conference Thursday to address the deadly house explosion that rocked Firestone last week was the main news to emerge from the meeting. The April 17 explosion killed two men. There is no evidence linking the explosion to oil and gas operations. But…
