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Xcel gets permission to bill customers more than $182M

Mar 30, 2022

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Scott Weiser

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission approved a settlement agreement earlier this month that allows Xcel Energy to impose an additional $182,235,418 on its customers, amounting to a 6.44% increase, or an average of $5.24 per month for residential customers and a 6.24%, or $6.64 increase for the average commercial customer starting April 1. This increase…
Colorado Democrat Joe Neguse launches bid for 2nd Congressional District seat: ‘It’s up to us to fight back’

Jun 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Vowing to fight President Donald Trump’s “disastrous agenda,” Democrat Joe Neguse, the son of Eritrean immigrants and a former CU regent, declared Tuesday he’s running for the 2nd Congressional District seat held by U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. “As refugees and naturalized citizens, my parents never forgot or…
Strategist: Democrat Joe Neguse ‘near certain’ to run for Jared Polis’ 2nd District congressional seat

Jun 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democrat Joe Neguse, executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies and a former CU regent, is “near certain” to run for the 2nd Congressional District seat held by fellow Democrat Jared Polis, who announced Sunday morning he’s running for governor, according to a top Democratic strategist close to Neguse. Neguse, the 2014 Democratic nominee…
PUC commissioner fights off recusal demand by Black Hills Energy

Mar 1, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Tensions between the three members of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) bubbled to the surface on Wednesday as the panel weighed allegations of bias. The hearing revolved around Commissioner Frances Koncilja and her dealings with Black Hills Energy, a southern Colorado utility that largely serves the Pueblo area. Black Hills asked that Koncilja be recused…
PUC confirmation hearing reopens partisan battles with accusations of bias

Feb 10, 2017

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Peter Marcus

A Senate committee hearing Thursday on the confirmation of two Public Utilities Commission (PUC) appointees opened up old partisan wounds. Republicans and Democrats thoroughly questioned the appointees – one a Republican, the other a Democrat – over spiking electric rates, federal carbon pollution standards and the potential for bias. The Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy Committee…
Hickenlooper PUC appointees win first-round Capitol nod

Feb 10, 2017

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John Tomasic

The Colorado Senate’s agriculture, natural resources and energy committee members voted on Thursday to advance Public Utility Commissioner nominees Wendy Moser and Jeff Ackermann to the Senate floor for confirmation. Gov. John Hickenlooper’s nominees were expected to advance, and they did easily. Ackermann’s nomination passed on an 8-3 committee vote. Moser’s nomination drew only one…
‘It’s going to be interesting’: State Senate prepping for Hickenlooper PUC appointment confirmations

Jan 17, 2017

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John Tomasic

Gov. John Hickenlooper and state Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Canon City, say the process is already in motion to launch Senate confirmation hearings for the governor’s two recent appointees to the state’s Public Utilities Commission. Grantham seems to be looking forward to it. “I think we’ll do it sooner rather than later,” he told The…
Enviromentalists urge PUC members to go green on utilities

Jan 5, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Jeff Ackermann and Wendy Moser are Gov. John Hickenlooper’s news appointees to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. The three-member panel regulates utilities and tries to maintain reasonable prices, as well as overseeing taxis and ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. That sounded like good news to Pete Maysmith, executive director of Conservation Colorado, the…
Denver taxi, limo licenses to end

Dec 3, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

Close to 2,200 taxi, shuttle and limousine drivers will likely face fewer regulations in the New Year, when the City and County of Denver is expected to stop requiring them to qualify for and get “Herdic” licenses. Such licenses were named for the Herdic cab, a horse-drawn carriage invented by Peter Herdicin in 1881. Herdic…
Griffin: Cheaper electricity for every Coloradan

Nov 10, 2016

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Jared Wright

Every day working families face real, difficult decisions. From housing to food and health care to transportation, the costs for families across the state are increasing. Housing costs alone have increased statewide over 41 percent and our families must face tough choices to meet all of their needs on their monthly budget. One cost that families…