Cozy relationship between Xcel and PUC?

by amy | 7:18 am, January 12, 2012

In a surprising move to anyone who has watched the cozy relationship develop between Xcel Energy and the Public Utilities Commission, yesterday the PUC denied Xcel’s $142 million interim rate request.
Colorado News Agency columnist Peter Blake (then with Face the State) initially exposed how the PUC, Xcel, and Governor Ritter’s administration colluded on the cost [...]

Finally some outrage over the New Energy Economy

by amy | 7:03 pm, December 30, 2011

I may have underestimated the outrage over two recent Xcel Energy rate increase requests.
The first, an attempt to recover the final $16.5 million in cost for Boulder’s Smart Grid City program. Ratepayers are not thrilled about paying for a Boulder project with massive cost overruns.
Check out these comments:
From Phil Carson, editor of the online energy [...]

An 89.5 percent increase since 2004

by amy | 9:51 pm, December 27, 2011

Ho hum, Xcel Energy wants another $142 million rate increase, and it wants to recover another $16.5 million for its Boulder smart grid project. And in other news, dog bites man. If the Public Utilities Commission denied the rate increases, that would be a news story.
This is all part of Colorado’s New Energy Economy. Rates [...]

Colorado Supreme Court Justice Nominees Profiled

by CTBC Director | 10:24 pm, October 24, 2011

The three nominees selected a week ago by the Colorado Supreme Court Nominating Commission (Judge Brian Boatright, attorneys Frederick Martinez and Patrick O’Rourke) were each interviewed Friday by Governor John Hickenlooper, and earlier today (Monday) by Lt. Governor Joe Garcia.  Governor Hickenlooper, who has the final say on which of the three will be appointed [...]

Colorado Supreme Court Justice Nominees Profiled

by CTBC Director | 10:24 pm, October 24, 2011

The three nominees selected a week ago by the Colorado Supreme Court Nominating Commission (Judge Brian Boatright, attorneys Frederick Martinez and Patrick O’Rourke) were each interviewed Friday by Governor John Hickenlooper, and earlier today (Monday) by Lt. Governor Joe Garcia.  Governor Hickenlooper, who has the final say on which of the three will be appointed [...]

Bad news for EU could be bad news for CO

by amy | 6:49 am, October 24, 2011

Bad news for residents of the European Union and possibly Colorado. EU consumers and businesses face more than twenty years of rising electric costs as the region tries to meet its renewable energy goals according to a leaked report.
The the working title of the draft  report “Energy Roadmap to 2050″ examines how the EU will [...]

Seeing Stars: Begun the Maple Wars Have

by Randall Smith | 6:30 am, October 22, 2011

Have solved all of the nations problems, six senators want to make in a felony to sell fake maple syrup. Thus begins the maple wars. Agents from the Maple Enforcement Agency will soon be prowling the country, searching for contraband and violating the …

Finalists for Colorado Supreme Court vacancy announced: Boatright, Martinez, or O’Rourke will be next Colorado ‘Supreme’

by CTBC Director | 2:10 pm, October 14, 2011

Announced with much less fanfare Thursday (a short article buried in the Denver Post, “Finalists named for Colorado Supreme Court” and in the Denver Business Journal online, “3 finalists named for Colorado Supreme Court seat“) than last year’s front-page article announcing the finalists to replace outgoing Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey (”Three finalists emerge for Colorado Supreme [...]

Florida’s ‘fuel mix’ a warning to Colorado

by amy | 3:32 pm, October 7, 2011

Florida has higher electric rates than those of neighboring states because of its reliance on natural gas to generate electric power according to a study released in September.
In a September 27, 2011, press release the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) said it requested the study from the Public Utility Research Center (PURC) located at the University [...]

GEO needs a dose of sunshine!

by Amy Oliver | 9:06 pm, September 29, 2011

For years the Governor’s Energy Office has operated in the shadows. As an “off budget” agency, it has spent millions of dollars with virtually no transparency or accountability. A newly-released paper titled “Governor’s Energy Office Needs a Dose of Sunshine” from intern Kyle Huwa examines three years worth of GEO expenditures, a time period where [...]

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