Tag: colorado
FERC Removes Obstacles that Limit Distributed Renewable Energy in Colorado
In a July 1 ruling FERC (the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) cleared the way for Colorado’s Delta-Montrose Electric Association [...]
Colorado GOP Advances Rollback of Renewable Energy Mandate
Colorado Republicans pushed one of their top priorities through the Senate on Thursday – rolling back renewable energy mandates. But the [...]
Renewable Energy Debate Resumes In Colorado
Colorado’s Democrats aren’t willing to scrap a plan to increase renewable energy requirements for rural electricity providers. But they [...]
Democrats Kill GOP Effort to Repeal Rural Renewable Energy Standard
Senate Democrats quickly killed a Republican bill that aimed to overturn legislation, approved by Democrats last year, that increased [...]
New Poll Shows Coloradans Support Net Metering and Reject Xcel’s Proposal to Roll Back Colorado’s Successful Rooftop Solar Policies
A new poll finds that nearly four in five Colorado voters (78%) support solar net metering, a successful renewable energy policy that [...]
Committee Named to Review Colorado’s Latest Renewable Energy Law
An advisory committee convened to suggest changes to the newly signed law doubling the amount of renewable energy that [...]
New CO Law Mandates Green Energy Increase Not Be at Customer Expense
A bill requiring Colorado’s rural energy cooperatives to double their green energy output went into effect Monday. Senate Bill [...]
Colorado Renewable Energy Law Gets Mixed Reactions
Early this month, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a controversial bill that doubles the renewable energy target for [...]
Bill Passed Increasing Renewable Energy Standard for Rural Cooperatives in Colorado
Colorado’s renewable energy standard for rural cooperative electric utilities will increase from 10 percent to 20 percent by 2020 [...]
Hickenlooper Signs Bill to Double Rural Renewable-Energy Requirement
In a move to boost renewable-energy generation in Colorado, Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday signed a controversial bill doubling [...]