Carroll: Pueblo’s lesson for the EPA | Denver Post
…the transition to non-coal energy does indeed have to be “managed carefully” or rates will soar — but that’s a lesson the EPA will have to take to heart. Utilities already know it.
View ArticleXcel asks federal regulators to intervene in Boulder’s condemnation bid |...
Xcel Energy asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday to issue a ruling that Boulder cannot condemn a high voltage transmission line that circles the city without first getting the...
View ArticleLetter: The faces of rate hikes | Pueblo Chieftain
…One of the top challenges facing Pueblo’s — and all of Colorado’s — economy is the need to rein in the cost of energy. Our state’s utilities regulators are supposed to see to that priority.
View ArticleOops. Xcel mistakenly included cost of Boulder fight in rate hike request |...
XcelEnergy’s request for higher rates included the expense of $460,000 spent fighting the city of Boulder’s efforts to form a utility.
View ArticleBlack Hills, Xcel, water board use same rules in service cuts | Pueblo Chieftain
Puebloans have heard impassioned testimony in recent weeks about Black Hills Energy, its electric rate increases and how its cutoff policies hurt poor families.
View ArticleJudge urges PUC to cut rate request | Pueblo Chieftain
Black Hills Energy would be allowed a smaller rate increase — about $1.52 a month for average households — than the electric utility requested if the Colorado Public Utilities Commission agrees with an...
View ArticleXcel Energy wants to raise electric rates by $137.7 million per year | 7News...
Xcel Energy wants to increase electric rates by $137.7 million per year and state regulators will hold a public hearing on the proposal later this month.
View ArticleXcel wants rate hike, PUC staff recommends $57M reduction | Denver Post
Xcel Energy is seeking a $157 million increase electricity rates, but the company has been making so much money that state regulators and consumer advocates say it is time for a rate cut not a hike.
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