Colorado Springs’ solar industry took a few big steps forward in 2011 and appears poised for even more advances in 2012. Solar gardens, tax rebates and policy changes are all anticipated to expedite the industry in the coming year. SunShare, a start-up founded by 24-year-old Colorado College graduate David Amster-Olszewski, was the first in the state to [...] [...]
The U.S. Energy Department says it has finalized a $90.6 million loan guarantee for the construction of a solar generation project in southern Colorado. Charlotte-based Cogentrix plans to build the 30-megawatt facility near Alamosa. The Department of Energy said Friday that it would be one of the first utility-scale, high concentration photovoltaic generation facilities in the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 7,2011
Tags: Energy, federal government, stimulus
Two years after the economic stimulus plan, a new government audit finds that about one-third of the money authorized for an energy efficiency program has not been spent. The Energy Department’s inspector general says that state and local governments have left as much $879 million unspent from a $2.7 billion program intended to boost energy efficiency [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: September 1,2011
Tags: Department of Local Affairs, Energy, minerals, oil and gas, severance tax
El Paso County and Colorado Springs will receive part of a $54.6 million annual severance tax and federal mineral lease direct distribution payment made by companies that extract minerals and energy from the state. El Paso County will receive $16,179.29 and $17,609. 47 from the state’s Department of Local Affairs. Last year’s distribution to Colorado communities [...] [...]
Xcel Energy Inc.’s new contract with Boulder would give the city 90 percent of its power through renewable energy by 2020, instead of the current 10 to 15 percent, the Daily Camera reports. Xcel is negotiating with Boulder to renew its franchise agreement, which is worth about $100 million a year. The utility said it’s offering [...] [...]
Members of Colorado’s solar industry say plans by Xcel Energy to cut incentives for solar arrays will devastate the industry. Utility customers who install small solar arrays on their property receive two types of incentives – a rebate and renewable energy credit – for a combined $2.35 per watt. Xcel Energy said Wednesday the combined incentives [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 10,2011
Tags: Energy
A citizens group is asking the Colorado State Land Board to halt an auction of land in the South Park area for oil and gas development, including two parcels next to a reservoir that supplies some of Denver’s drinking water. The State Land Board, which manages more than 4 million acres of mineral rights that the [...] [...]
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn will head the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources in the new congressional session. The Republican from Colorado Springs was named chairman of the subcommittee Wednesday. Lamborn says the panel will review Interior Department policies he believes impede energy and mineral production. He says that includes the offshore drilling moratorium and efforts [...] [...]
by Jonathan Easley Published: December 10,2010
Tags: Energy
Colorado Springs has failed to keep up with renewable-energy investment seen in Denver, Boulder and elsewhere in the state, in part because the city-owned utility has limited rebates for solar-panel projects. Low energy costs and a statewide mandate that requires a smaller commitment to renewable energy from municipal providers such as Colorado Springs Utilities also have [...] [...]
Colorado state regulators this week will consider approving Xcel Energy’s $1.3 billion plan to stop burning coal at its electric power plants in Denver and Boulder. Xcel Energy plans to shut down a coal fired generator at Boulder’s Valmont power plant by 2017 and replace four coal-fired generators with natural gas at Denver’s Cherokee power plant [...] [...]
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