Tag: Winter Storm Uri
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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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Lower-income Coloradans face skyrocketing utility bills now have a one-stop place to go to find help
Lower-income Coloradans facing skyrocketing utility bills now have a one-stop place to find help. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission announced a pilot program to connect people who are rejected by the federal Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) with utility energy assistance programs, all in one place. “Until now, the primary way to access utility-run energy…
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Rushed transition to renewable energy could cost lives, critics say
Achieving Gov. Jared Polis’ 100% renewable energy goal by 2035 is technologically impossible – at least for now – and could cost people their lives, critics of Colorado’s transition away from fossil fuel toward toward renewable energy said at a recent forum. They pointed to the experience of California, which suffered a widespread rolling blackout in…
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PUC allows Xcel to recover $500 million from customers for Winter Storm Uri fuel costs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s energy regulators approved Xcel Energy’s request to recover $500 million from its customers for the company’s extraordinary fuel costs during a four-day winter freeze in 2021, even as they expressed misgivings at how Colorado’s biggest utility company handled the cold snap. In granting Xcel’s…