Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Colorado PUC Steamrolls Local Decisions on Xcel’s $1.7B Power Pathway Transmission Line
When Xcel Energy started condemning Elbert County ranchland for its $1.7 billion, 550-mile Power Pathway transmission line, it hadn’t yet bothered to secure local permits. The monopoly utility filed condemnation actions against landowners while…
Testimony on the Sunset Review of the Public Utilities…
The Independence Institute has submitted written testimony on HB26-1326, “Sunset Review of the…
Xcel Energy Proposes Large-Load Tariff for Data Centers
Last week, Xcel Energy proposed a long-awaited large-load tariff on data centers that want to build…
Colorado Sun’s ‘Nonpartisan’ Case Against Natural Gas…
The Colorado Sun recently published an opinion article that diagnoses a real problem — rising energy…
More energy bills with bigger stakes
In early February, Independence Institute’s Energy & Environmental Policy Center flagged the…
Jake Fogleman Discusses the PUC’s Plan to Phase Out Natural Gas on Free State Colorado
Independence Institute Director of Policy Jake Fogleman appeared on the Free State Colorado podcast this week to talk about the Public Utilities Commission’s recent decision aimed at phasing out natural gas use in homes and commercial…
PUC Establishes New ‘Clean Heat’ Targets Designed to…
The regulatory noose around Colorado’s natural gas utilities just got a whole lot tighter, and…
The Big Short(fall): Colorado’s Upcoming Power Plant…
By Ethan Cornell* Introduction The data summarizing planned generation closures in Colorado signals…
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