Tag: Green Energy
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EDITORIAL: A more sensible energy policy for Colorado, please
Our state’s green-energy diehards — including their standard bearer, Gov. Jared Polis — face a heckuva dilemma. On the one hand, they aim to deny Colorado consumers practical choices in the energy marketplace. No coal. Not even natural gas. The Polis administration’s revised green-energy “roadmap” envisions, among other goals, electricity generated only by renewables by…
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EDITORIAL: Don’t leave Coloradans in the dark
When residents spoke at last week’s meeting of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, which regulates the state’s utility companies, they gave them an earful about Xcel Energy’s “Public Safety Power Shutoffs” in December. The utility giant — a state-regulated monopoly — shut off power to Jefferson County, Boulder and other northern Colorado Front Range communities…
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Three rural Colorado power cooperatives make the cut for part of $7.3 billion in USDA grants
Grants will support rural clean energy projects and are said to be the biggest since Roosevelt’s New Deal in 1930s.
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Denver mayor’s race: Johnston and Brough clash at Denver Foundation forum
Kelly Brough and Mike Johnston disagreed over how Denver can combat climate change and fix it’s maligned permitting department during one of the first mayoral forums of the runoff season on Monday evening. They were not allowed rebuttals but managed to set themselves apart early — something experts told the Denver Gazette they’d need to…
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Colorado tries luring Australian green energy company
Colorado’s Economic Development Commission on Thursday approved almost $9.4 million in incentives to try to lure four companies to the state, including an Australian “green energy” company. The companies could create nearly 1,100 local jobs, officials said. The biggest package would go to a company that the state is calling “Project Chamomile,” which it described as…
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Colorado legislature OKs tax incentives for low-emission heat pumps, building materials
The Colorado legislature passed a measure Tuesday to create tax incentives for heat pumps and environmentally-friendly building materials in an attempt to lower the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. If signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis, Senate Bill 51 would establish a sales tax exemption for low-emission heat pumps and building materials including green concrete,…