Sen. Udall: “Legitimate Argument” to build Keystone Pipeline in “National Interest”; Obama Administration Approved 2009 Pipeline for Economic, Strategic Reasons

by elpresidente | 12:34 pm, February 6, 2012

Colorado’s Democratic Sen. Mark Udall and President Barack Obama don’t appear to be on the same page when it comes to the recently sidelined Keystone XL pipeline that the Democratic administration rejected permitting for in January: “‘I think there is a legitimate argument that it’s in the national interest to build the pipeline,’ said Udall, [...]

Translating Obama’s energy policy

by amy | 7:55 am, January 26, 2012

President Barack Obama will be in Colorado today at Buckley Air Force Base promoting his new “all-of-the-above” energy policy. He’s delivering his remarks to a “closed audience” that includes “local energy stakeholders” (translation: rent seekers). We acquired a “fact sheet” about the President’s new direction for energy on which his speech will be based. Since [...]

Questions about Baker’s ability to serve on the PUC

by amy | 1:22 pm, January 25, 2012

Conventional wisdom in energy policy circles says that Governor John Hickenlooper will re-appoint current Public Utilities Commissioner Matt Baker to another four-year term on the PUC. His State Senate confirmation will be a mere formality, but it shouldn’t be.
Serious questions linger about his lack of honesty regarding energy costs and his ability to be an [...]

Boulder’s “Climate Action Plan”: inefficient, ineffective

by Brian T. Schwartz | 9:48 pm, January 15, 2012

This was printed in the Boulder Daily Camera on Saturday, January 14, 2012. The Boulder City Council’s website touts a “Climate Action Plan” as one of its primary goals. “The current goal is equivalent to the Kyoto Protocol target – … Continue reading →

Rate increase request exposes hypocrisy of tiered rates

by amy | 8:16 am, January 12, 2012

Xcel Energy’s recently denied $142 million interim rate increase request exposes the hypocrisy of tiered rates, which were implemented out of fear that high demand would require the building of additional power plants. Yet, more than 37 percent or $52.6 million of Xcel’s request was to cover the cost of excess capacity. In other words, [...]

Market not keen on green energy stocks

by amy | 6:33 pm, January 3, 2012

This article originally appeared in the Estes Park Trail-Gazette.  Author Jon Nicholas discussed it in more detail on The Amy Oliver Show on News Talk 1310 KFKA.
Vestas, Green Energy Sold Short
By Jon Nicholas
Colorado has become a leader in government subsidizing green jobs.  A major beneficiary of those state and local subsidies has been a Danish [...]

EP’s 2011 Recap: Part 2, Exploding The Myth of Green Jobs

by elpresidente | 9:00 am, December 29, 2011

Challenging the myth of former Gov. Bill Ritter’s fabled “New Energy Economy” was no small task, but thankfully this endeavor paid off more than its fair share of earned media dividends, and cemented my collaborative efforts with one of my favorite writers and mentors, Amy Oliver. Way back in February, a hot tip was passed [...]

Bombshell: CSU Profs Downgrade Ability To Predict Hurricanes Six Months Out, “Have Not Shown Real-Time Forecast Skill”

by elpresidente | 6:13 am, December 14, 2011

Every year for almost three decades hurricane predictions made by Colorado State University professor William Gray–joined by Philip Klotzbach–have made the news cycle, with people especially vulnerable to the next year’s batch of damaging hurricanes paying particular interest to the number of storms forecasted by reputable research scientists. After 20 years, the CSU profs took [...]

NREL Layoffs Update: $298M in Stimulus Not Enough to Save 100-150 Jobs

by elpresidente | 5:38 am, October 4, 2011

Blame a gridlocked Congress. Blame budget forecasts, or the “current Washington climate.” Despite more than $298,000,000 in stimulus funds awarded as contracts or grants to the National Renewable Energy Lab–managed by the 501(c)3 Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC in Golden, Colorado through the second quarter of 2011, more than 100-150 jobs look to be cut [...]

Breaking: National Renewable Energy Laboratory Cutting 10% of Workforce after Millions in Stimulus

by elpresidente | 7:52 pm, October 3, 2011

Update 2: From the Independence Institute, energy blogger Amy Oliver notes NREL’s managing company is a 501(c)3, and therefore not subject to open records laws. She also outlines a few more details–NREL saw funding INCREASE 63.4% from 2007 to 2010, to more than $500 million. Update: Alliance for Sustainable Energy assumed operations of NREL in [...]

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