Tag: colorado public utilities commission
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EDITORIAL: A needed reprieve for Colorado coal
The U.S. Department of Energy issued an emergency order on Dec. 30 keeping Unit 1 of the Craig Station coal-fired plant running at least through March of this year. It’s welcome news for Colorado consumsers. It would be better still if it were the first of many such orders — federal or state — to…
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Colorado PUC slates January hearings on natural gas plan, transmission line appeal, railroad rules
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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission announced January public comment opportunities on railroad safety rules, natural gas infrastructure, and a major transmission line siting appeal. The hearings form part of expanded outreach efforts the commission launched to increase public participation in regulatory proceedings. NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE Xcel Energy seeks approval for two projects in its proposed…
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PERSPECTIVE: The high cost of Colorado’s ‘clean heat’
By Jake Fogleman For most Coloradans, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is perhaps the most important state agency they’ve likely never heard of. In the energy space, where it oversees utilities with government-granted monopolies, the three-member commission is above all charged with ensuring the availability of “safe, reliable, adequate, and efficient” gas and electric service…
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Colorado justices skeptical of unfairness allegations against Black Hills’ winter storm surcharge
Members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared unmoved by claims that the Public Utilities Commission’s authorized method of charging customers for $23 million in natural gas purchases during a winter storm was unreasonable. In advance of Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, Black Hills Energy bought additional gas to ensure continued service to…
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Nursing homes go dark as more utilities cut power to prevent wildfires
When powerful wind gusts created threatening wildfire conditions one day near Boulder, Colorado’s largest utility cut power to 52,000 homes and businesses — including Frasier, an assisted living and skilled nursing facility. It was the first time Xcel Energy preemptively switched off electricity in Colorado as a wildfire prevention tool, according to a company official.…