Tag: Natural Gas
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Lawsuit over large building energy standards revived
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The lawsuit challenging Colorado and Denver’s energy standards for large buildings, which was dismissed on March 28, has been revived by federal Judge Regina M. Rodriguez based on an amended complaint from four apartment and hotel trade groups. The order, issued Thursday, reinstates the case…
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Weld County gas well blowout evacuees still can’t return home
Chevron is housing evacuees and cleanup continues
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Weld County gas well blowout meeting raises more questions than answers
More than 230 people attended an official update meeting
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Colorado finalizes new rules to reduce emissions from oil and gas midstream sector
The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission unanimously voted on Friday to implement new rules regarding the state’s midstream segment of the oil and gas industry, but some say those rules disregard nearby communities. The new rules seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation and storage — the midstream — segment of the oil and gas…
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Colorado PUC seeking input on Xcel gas rate increase proposal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Xcel Energy is asking the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for a two-stage increase in its natural gas rates that would cost residential ratepayers an additional 7.44%, or $4.64 per month, between Feb. 15, 2025, and February 2026. The request includes a proposed 2.54% long-term increase, about…
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Xcel wants customers to conserve energy because natural gas prices are going up
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Wholesale prices for natural gas are on the rise this week and customers are the ones who will feel it in their wallet. Xcel Energy said the higher prices are because the deep freeze across the country impacts production and also the demand for natural…
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Xcel customers see reductions in their energy bills in 2024
Xcel Energy ratepayers didn’t get a lump of coal for Christmas — they got a reduction in their electric and natural gas bills starting in January. Xcel submitted its quarterly price adjustments to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission Dec. 15, and the PUC approved the request Tuesday. Xcel says the average residential customer will see a…
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Denver’s 143-year-old city steam system faces challenges, notably from electrification
The explosion at the Gumry Hotel at 1725 Lawrence St. in Denver went off just after midnight. The magnitude of the blast was so great that all five floors of the brick-and-stone hotel collapsed into the basement, killing 22 people, including owner Peter Gumry. The blast broke windows for blocks. It was heard well outside…
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Xcel customers face $66 million hike in gas bills this winter
Even though prices will go up in the last three months of the year, the company says compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, its customers will see significant savings under its proposed rate adjustment for natural gas
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$2.6 billion bill for energy use upgrades to large Colorado buildings gets a second look
More than 8,000 large building owners facing a multi-billion-dollar regulatory requirement for mandatory energy savings will get another chance to convince the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission not to impose a new regulation that some say is impossible to comply with and others say would violate federal law. Regulation 28, the Building Benchmarking and Performance…