Tag: energy
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PERSPECTIVE: A crazy train to energy oblivion in Colorado
Colorado’s Green Energy Express is careening out of control and heading for a derailment. The only thing that can prevent it now are alert ratepayers recognizing the warning signs and regaining control of this runaway train. It’ll require a return to common sense and energy realism. Nothing short of a utility ratepayer revolt will avert…
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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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Colorado Springs company looks to bring affordable, plug-in solar power to the city
As Colorado works toward using more renewable energy, one company in Colorado Springs is hoping to bring plug-in solar to the state. But since plug-in solar is not yet allowed in the state, Colorado Solar Innovations, run by Alex Antipov and his family, is carving out a different niche for now. The company, located at…
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Can Colorado reinvent its uranium legacy?
Uranium mining in Colorado has a bright future. George Glasier believes that. From his cattle ranch near Nucla, Colo., where sagebrush valleys give way to rugged canyons, Glasier leads a company working to restart old uranium mines and build a new ore processing plant. This push comes at a pivotal time for an industry that’s…
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Colorado, Xcel, petition to delay Comanche coal-fired generating unit shutdown
Colorado’s largest utility company has petitioned energy regulators to push back the retirement of a coal-fired, electrical generating unit located in the Southern part of the state from December 2025 to the end of 2026. The Polis administration is backing the petition. Comanche Unit 2 is one of three coal-fired units at the Pueblo-based Comanche…
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Energy battle: Colorado power plant closures ignite debate over jobs, taxes and energy future in Pueblo
As Colorado darts toward a future powered by “clean” energy, a battle is brewing in Pueblo, where coal closures, union jobs and lost tax revenue collide with a community demanding a solution as its power plants are a primary target for a shutdown. Between 2025 and 2031, six more coal-fired power plants in Colorado are scheduled to…
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Energy battle: Colorado power plant closures ignite debate over jobs, taxes and energy future in Pueblo
As Colorado darts toward a future powered by “clean” energy, a battle is brewing in Pueblo, where coal closures, union jobs and lost tax revenue collide with a community demanding a solution as its power plants are a primary target for a shutdown. Between 2025 and 2031, six more coal-fired power plants in Colorado are scheduled to…
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Xcel appeals to state on billion-dollar energy project denied in El Paso County
Colorado’s largest utilities provider has asked the state to overrule local decisions on the $1.7 billion Colorado Power Pathway project, which was denied permits this year in El Paso and Elbert counties. Xcel is asking the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to consider overruling local decisions on the 550-mile powerline project in the name of public…
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President Trump cancels billions in clean energy grants only in blue states
The Trump administration is canceling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election. The move comes as Trump threatens deep cuts in his fight with congressional Democrats over the government shutdown. The Energy Department said in…
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COS Rising draws hundreds of founders and local innovators
It was akin to a mini-space symposium, with hundreds, rather than tens of thousands, of participants coming and going through COS Rising 2025. Serving as a celebration of local startups, entrepreneurs and innovation, COS Rising began Wednesday last week and concluded Friday. Participants included companies both large and small, and even some that have yet…