Author: Jake Fogleman
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PERSPECTIVE: The high cost of Colorado’s ‘clean heat’
By Jake Fogleman For most Coloradans, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is perhaps the most important state agency they’ve likely never heard of. In the energy space, where it oversees utilities with government-granted monopolies, the three-member commission is above all charged with ensuring the availability of “safe, reliable, adequate, and efficient” gas and electric service…
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Perspective: A ‘progressive’ tax will backfire
The battle over Colorado’s future tax system has officially begun, and the stakes for families, businesses and the state’s economy couldn’t be higher. Backed by a coalition of advocacy groups that consistently push for higher taxes as the solution to Colorado’s challenges, the Bell Policy Center submitted proposed language for the 2026 ballot that would…
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GUEST COLUMN: Pure partisanship kills nuclear energy bill
“In this house, we believe science is real.” Unless, of course, the science is about nuclear energy. The majority Democratic Senate Transportation and Energy committee killed its first pro-nuclear energy bill of the session last Tuesday morning, voting 5-2 along party lines to table SB23-079 indefinitely. The bill, admittedly modest in its ambitions, would have…
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PERSPECTIVE: The case for nuclear in Colorado
Energy production has long been instrumental to Colorado’s economy and the state’s way of life. Boosted by a productive oil and gas industry and a burgeoning renewables sector, the state ranked seventh in the nation in total energy production last year, according to the US Energy Information Administration. But the state is also currently undergoing…