A warm homecoming celebration amid the ruins of the Marshall fire as one woman begins to rebuild
Mary Hagler’s house in Superior was one of more than a thousand homes lost to the Marshall fire. Now, she’s nearly ready to rebuild her home.
Colorado energy utilities say this time, they’re ready for the sub-zero cold snap
Tough and expensive lessons were learned after a nationwide storm on Valentine’s Day weekend last year.
Here’s why your Xcel Energy bill is so high right now — and what you can do about it
1. Natural gas is expensive right now.
Xcel customers may be on the hook for $123 million after coal shipments come up short
Xcel’s coal-fired power plants are expected to generate only half of the energy they normally do this winter, meaning the company is shifting more of its power production to natural gas — a more expensive fuel.
As CU Boulder hosts climate activists from across the world, some students protest its financial ties to fossil fuels
Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit is drawing climate activists to Boulder — and protests that the school was hypocritical for pushing for climate justice while continuing to invest in fossil fuels.
Heat waves and freezing temperatures won’t be the biggest risk for Colorado’s power grid in the future. It’ll be mild, cloudy days
This is how “boring” weather with little sun and wind could strain an electricity system increasingly powered by renewables.
Solar power has mostly skipped over lower-income homes. One Colorado nonprofit is changing that with secondhand panels
Equitable Solar Solutions wants to make solar energy available to those who would otherwise not be able to afford it.
She pushed for wildfire alerts in Spanish. Now she’s taking language equality to the state Capitol
Velasco is a certified wildland firefighter and has served as a public information officer for megafires in California and Oregon.
An environmental task force met for a year to learn how to protect vulnerable communities. Here are 5 key findings
1. Consider the impact of future policy across agencies.
In Boulder and Denver, voters are poised to keep and expand taxes for climate and wildfire projects
Three measures from the 2022 election seem likely to pass: Boulder’s 2A, Boulder County’s 1A, and Denver’s 2J.
Cañon City voted to break up with its power provider. Two years later, they’re still together
Cañon City residents say their struggles highlight how the regulatory system favors large, investor-owned utilities and leaves citizens with little choice over the cost and source of their electricity.
Frustrated with their utilities, some Coloradans want the state to change its rules so communities can buy their own electricity
Some researchers and supporters of clean energy say the option makes the energy market more competitive and responsive to the interests of consumers.
Xcel Energy Colorado has a new boss. He says the trend of rising energy bills won’t stop anytime soon
Robert Kenney, the newest president of Xcel Energy Colorado, wants the utility to model how investor-owned monopolies can change from coal to cleaner sources of energy.
Industry shake-ups have delayed or canceled many utility solar projects in Colorado, but brighter days could be ahead
At least 10 large-scale solar projects that Colorado utilities expected to add in the next two years have either been canceled or postponed.
Rangely is surrounded by a coal mine and more than 1,000 oil wells. What will happen to it when we stop burning fossil fuels?
Fossil fuels are the reason Rangely was first incorporated 75 years ago. The town now faces uncertainty about its future.
Boulder voters will decide on a new climate tax this November
Average payments by residents would jump by 16 percent to $49.66 a year, while the annual climate tax payments for local businesses and industries would jump by an average of 67 percent.
