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Durango & Silverton loses bid to avoid La Plata County’s land regulation at train station
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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission correctly determined La Plata County had the power to regulate the improvements to a tourist train station, the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in rejecting the arguments of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Company. The issues brought to the Supreme Court largely stemmed from whether the county correctly…
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Durango & Silverton land-use dispute aired to Colorado Supreme Court
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After two trial judges and the state’s Public Utilities Commission confirmed La Plata County can regulate the physical changes made around a tourist train station, the Colorado Supreme Court heard arguments about whether to uphold the proceedings that have unfolded over the past four years. “We really wanted the county to get out of our…
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Colorado Supreme Court weighs Xcel’s liability for man’s electrocution
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The Colorado Supreme Court appeared hesitant on Tuesday to endorse the idea that the state’s utility regulator could use a rate-setting document to broadly immunize a company from liability against electrocutions. Francisco Cuevas, the owner of Outdoor Design Landscaping, was hanging Christmas lights at a Lakewood woman’s home in late 2017 when he received a debilitating…
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Colorado Supreme Court upholds Black Hills’ winter storm surcharge from 2021
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday upheld the state utility commission’s authorized method of charging Black Hills Energy customers for $23 million in natural gas purchases for a winter storm, rejecting claims that the surcharge was unreasonable. In advance of Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, Black Hills bought additional gas to ensure continued service…
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Colorado Democrats pass proposal seeking to curb costs of utility bills
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A proposal from Democratic lawmakers intended to address Colorado’s skyrocketing energy prices cleared its last major legislative hurdle on Saturday. 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 adjusting the expenses…
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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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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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PUC allows Xcel to recover $500 million from customers for 2021 deep freeze
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Colorado’s energy regulators approved Xcel Energy’s request to recover $500 million from its customers for the company’s extraordinary fuel costs during a four-day winter freeze in 2021, even as they expressed misgivings at how Colorado’s biggest utility company handled the cold snap. In granting Xcel’s request to charge customers half a billion dollars, the Public…
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Xcel gets the green light for $2 billion power line expansion
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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission gave Xcel Energy permission to spend at least $2 billion to build up to 650 miles of new high-voltage power lines in southern and eastern Colorado to serve windmills and solar farms. The company’s customers will pay for the new transmission lines through what’s called the Transmission Cost Adjustment rider…
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Advocates for kids with disabilities say bill regulating rideshare companies lacks safety provisions
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Update: the House State, Civic, Military & Veterans Affairs Committee on Thursday voted 7-2 to approve SB 144, with amendments. The bill now goes to the full House. Should rideshare companies be able to transport schoolchildren? Two such entities already provide the service in Colorado, but a 2021 decision by a regulatory agency threw a monkey wrench…
