March 5, 2010
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Governor's Energy Office
Governor Ritter is proposing legislation in which Xcel Energy shall retire 900 megawatts of coal fired capacity in Colorado over seven years.
March 5, 2010
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Denver Post
The Colorado House of Representives has passed a bill requiring Colorado utilities to use more renewable energy, sending the legislation to the governor Ritter's desk. The new law would increase the state renewable portfolio standard to 30%. That...
March 4, 2010
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Denver Post
The Public Utilities Commission Wednesday approved the two-tiered rate as part of Xcel's $128.3 million rate increase. The rate increase is mostly designed to pay for the new Unit III coal-fired power plant in Pueblo,...
February 24, 2010
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Department of Energy
The Department of Energy (DOE) recently released new estimates of the U.S. potential for wind-generated electricity, tripling previous estimates of the size of the nation's wind resources.
February 23, 2010
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WildEarth Guardians
WildEarth Guardians has petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to protect clean air and the climate and overturn an air pollution permit allowing Xcel Energy to illegally pollute while operating the Pawnee coal-fired power plant. The...
February 19, 2010
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Colorado Independent
In an energy summit held February 19, 2010 at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center U.S. Sen. Mark Udall told reporters that he would support a plan floated by Xcel energy to build a nuclear power plant in Colorado. Udall said Xcel was...
February 13, 2010
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Wall Street Journal
BOULDER, Colo. - This spring, city contractors will fan out across this well-to-do college town to unscrew light bulbs in thousands of homes and replace them with more energy-efficient models, at taxpayer expense.
February 4, 2010
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Wall Street Journal
The U.S. could add hundreds of thousands of jobs if Congress requires that part of the nation's electricity be derived from renewable sources, according to a study released Thursday February 4, 2010. The study, by Navigant Consulting, said a...
February 4, 2010
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State of Colorado
Gov. Bill Ritter and lawmakers today announced legislation to significantly increase Colorado’s Renewable Energy Standard, which will give Colorado the best clean-energy requirement in the Rocky Mountain West, create thousands of new jobs and lead...
January 14, 2010
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State of Colorado
Increasing Colorado's Renewable Energy Standard to 30 percent by 2020 is one of Governor Ritter's top legislative priorities. Ritter and lawmakers doubled the state’s voter-approved RES in 2007. He says the 20-by-20 goal is within reach and it’s...
