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Excel Energy Cherokee Generating Station

Here’s why your Xcel Energy bill is so high right now — and what you can do about it

By Miguel Otárola

Oil Prices

Regulators set heavy restrictions for new natural gas lines, but stop short of eliminating subsidies

Colorado’s updated EV plan boosts incentives but avoids California-style ban on gas vehicles

By Nathaniel Minor

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Xcel customers may be on the hook for $123 million after coal shipments come up short

By Miguel Otárola

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Colorado wants to get more e-bikes into low-income communities — and it’ll pay organizations with ideas for how

As CU Boulder hosts climate activists from across the world, some students protest its financial ties to fossil fuels

By Miguel Otárola

Environmental advocates say it’s past time to limit gas-powered lawn equipment in Colorado

Denver Skyline

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

By Miguel Otárola

Solar power has mostly skipped over lower-income homes. One Colorado nonprofit is changing that with secondhand panels

By Miguel Otárola

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Colorado wants to make its big buildings more efficient — but first it needs their energy data

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Colorado air regulators vastly underestimated ozone pollution from some oil and gas operations due to a data error

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An environmental task force met for a year to learn how to protect vulnerable communities. Here are 5 key findings

By Miguel Otárola

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Cañon City voted to break up with its power provider. Two years later, they’re still together

By Miguel Otárola

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A Colorado company that runs a controversial uranium mill in Utah says it’s trying to be a good neighbor

After California, Colorado could become the second state to stop subsidizing natural gas connections

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