Tag: coal
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Secretary of Energy, congressmen push for reliable power over renewable outside CSU coal power plant
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said Friday that the Trump administration would continue to fight against state efforts to close coal power plants, including the Ray Nixon Power Plant outside of Colorado Springs. Wright was joined by Colorado Republican Congress members Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans for a tour of Ray Nixon, the sole…
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Secretary of Energy, congressmen push for reliable power over renewable outside CSU coal power plant
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said Friday that the Trump administration would continue to fight against state efforts to close coal power plants, including the Ray Nixon Power Plant outside of Colorado Springs. Wright was joined by Colorado Republican Congress members Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans for a tour of Ray Nixon, the sole…
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Colorado governor signs bill requiring pollution controls, cost reporting for extended coal operations
Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill in reaction to orders from the U.S. Department of Energy to keep older coal units online. The federal government’s instructions applied to Craig Unit 1 in Colorado, one of five coal units affected nationwide. The state legislation requires installation of modern pollution controls and cost reporting for…
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Coal-fired generator at Pueblo’s Comanche Power Plant gets a one-year extension on life
The Comanche Power Plant in Pueblo will continue to operate a coal-powered electrical generating unit that was slated for retirement this month for one more year. The move comes after Xcel Energy, the state’s largest utility company, petitioned in November to keep one generator operating after an outage at the coal-fired power plant. Gov. Jared…
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Xcel Energy president, Robert Kenney, discusses the fate of Xcel’s closing coal power plants and how their existing infrastructure may be used
Xcel Energy president, Robert Kenney, sits down with the Denver Gazette to talk all things Colorado power
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Xcel Energy president, Robert Kenney, sits down with the Denver Gazette to talk all things power.
Xcel Energy president, Robert Kenney, discusses the effect rate increases have on Xcel’s customers.
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Xcel Energy president, Robert Kenney, sits down with the Denver Gazette to talk all things power.
Robert Kenney, president of Xcel Energy, discusses his views on the future of nuclear energy in Colorado.
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LIFE | The living history of Cokedale, Colorado
Cokedale is nestled eight miles west of Trinidad where it began as a 100 man tent colony in 1899. By 1901 it was bought out by Guggenheims’ and proclaimed to be “a model coal camp”. Ruins of coking ovens can still be seen today across the highway 12. Today, around 130 people call Cokedale home,…
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Colorado Springs downtown power plant may soon stop burning coal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Martin Drake Power Plant downtown is aiming to cease burning coal in September as part of a transition to cleaner energy sources within Colorado Springs Utilities. Utilities only has one coal burning unit left at Drake, a generator built in 1968 that produces 77…
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Colorado Springs downtown power plant may soon stop burning coal
The Martin Drake Power Plant downtown is aiming to cease burning coal in September as part of a transition to cleaner energy sources within Colorado Springs Utilities. Utilities only has one coal burning unit left at Drake, a generator built in 1968 that produces 77 megawatts of power or about 7% of the power produced…