Tag: Black Hills Energy
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PUC holds firm on ambitious 41% greenhouse gas cut for natural gas utilities
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission refused to ease a greenhouse gas reduction target for natural gas utilities, voting 2-1 to preserve a 41% cut in use by 2035 despite utility requests for a lower number and environmental groups pushing for more aggressive action. Commissioners Tom Plant and Megan Gilman defended the benchmark, adopted by the…
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Colorado residents face high energy bills after regulators turn away from natural gas, experts say
Colorado residents could be paying a lot more for home energy, following the state’s decision last week to turn away from natural gas as a home cooking and heating fuel, experts said. Some 1.9 million Colorado households warm their homes each winter using gas. That’s also how tens of thousands of businesses heat their buildings.…
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Colorado justices skeptical of unfairness allegations against Black Hills’ winter storm surcharge
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared unmoved by claims that the Public Utilities Commission’s authorized method of charging customers for $23 million in natural gas purchases during a winter storm was unreasonable. In advance of Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, Black…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear cases on Weld County redistricting, Xcel electrocution
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Colorado fails to enforce safety requirements for gas pipelines, audit finds
Program took action against only 6% of safety noncompliances over five years
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What does the Colorado Public Utilities Commission do?
Gas and electric consumers statewide have been paying more for their energy than ever before, with many reporting bills that have doubled and even tripled in the past year or so. The number and severity of complaints to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission prompted Commissioner John Gavan to remark at a public listening session this…
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Irate customers take Colorado’s energy regulators to the woodshed: ‘You shouldn’t be looking out for corporations’
Energy customers — many of whom say they are being crushed by gas and electricity bills that have doubled, tripled and even quadrupled in the last few months — accepted the Colorado Public Utility Commission’s invitation to comment on skyrocketing energy prices. It wasn’t pretty for commissioners Tuesday, but it was well attended. Dawn Fetzko,…