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The future of Colorado water: How the fight over Shoshone water rights affects the Front Range
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A million acre-feet of water in the Colorado River — and the efforts by Western Slope water partners to keep it there — became the subject of a recent two-day hearing that could decide just who gets water and how much. One of the major points of tension is the objection by several water providers…
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Xcel Energy reaches settlement agreement over Marshall fire
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Colorado’s largest utility company said it has reached an agreement to settle all claims relating to the 2021 Marshall fire, which tore through a thousand homes and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. Xcel Energy said under the deal, it will pay north of $640 million to resolve all the pending litigation, about…
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Xcel Energy proposes five-year $4.9 billion grid modernization plan
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Colorado’s largest utility company is proposing a $4.9 billion plan to modernize the power grid, accommodating vehicle and building electrification, as well as distributed electric generation and storage. The goal, Xcel Energy added, includes enhancing reliability, resiliency, and safety benefits, as required by a recently adopted state law. The five-year plan is expected to cost Colorado…
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Colorado Supreme Court considers father’s window to sue over daughter’s injury, death
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Facing a confusing matrix in state law, members of the Colorado Supreme Court attempted to sort out on Wednesday how long a father had to sue after his daughter was rendered unconscious and later died from a vehicle accident. Danielle Nicola was crossing a Grand Junction street one night in November 2018 when a driver…
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Appeals court says Xcel may be held liable for ‘felonious killing’ after Aurora home exploded
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that corporations in general — and Xcel Energy specifically — may be held liable for “feloniously killing” a person, meaning the cap that exists in state law will not apply to a jury’s award. After a 2023 trial, Denver jurors awarded the children of Carol Ross $15 million in noneconomic…
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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 takes up 6 cases on involuntary intoxication, malicious prosecution, child neglect trials
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear appeals in six cases, including the question of whether a person can claim he knowingly ingested one substance that was secretly laced with another behavior-altering substance as a defense to criminal charges. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to grant an…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear cases on Weld County redistricting, Xcel electrocution
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The Colorado Supreme Court announced recently that it will hear appeals in multiple cases, including whether Weld County must follow state law when drawing new legislative districts and when utilities may be held liable for injuries caused by their power lines. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to take up a…
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Arapahoe County touts purchase of first electric vehicle
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Arapahoe County touted the purchase of its first-ever electric vehicle — a Ford E-Transit 350 Cargo Van. The county purchased the vehicle using money from a Colorado Energy Office grant, a news release said. County officials projected that the new electric vehicle would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also yield operational savings. It’s not…
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Investigation launched into Xcel Energy’s preemptive power shutoff, which left Colorado governor frustrated
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Colorado’s energy regulators on Wednesday decided to open an investigation into Xcel Energy’s decision to preemptively shut off power over the weekend, which left thousands of people without electricity – some for two days – and compelled the governor to rebuke the energy company. In a news release, the Public Utilities Commission said it is exploring…
