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Author: Allen Best
BIG PIVOTS: An Eddy in the Colorado River
Division had deepened by December when the water buffaloes of the Colorado River Basin assembled in Las Vegas…
BIG PIVOTS: Jimmy Carter and the Colorado Solar Industry
Carter had advanced schooling in nuclear energy, but by 1975 he was thinking about renewables…
BIG PIVOTS: A Conversation with Steve Fenberg, Part Two
“Look, we don’t like this bill. We’re going to fight. What we ask is that you don’t silence us, and you give us some grace, and sometimes that means you give us time to make our case…”
BIG PIVOTS: A Conversation with Steve Fenberg, Part One
Term-limited after eight years, the key legislator talks about his role in helping guide Colorado’s big pivot in energy
BIG PIVOTS: The ‘Switch’ Religious Revival
“My fellow Americans, we need to rally around things upon which we can agree,” he said…
BIG PIVOTS: How to Quit the Carbon Navel Gazing
Auden Schendler, Aspen’s blunt but savvy climate-change warrior, explains the failure of business sustainabiltiy efforts…
BIG PIVOTS: Is Colorado the Beacon on the Hill? Part Four
“Is it perfect? No. Are we perfect? No, but they are a leader. They’re showing how you just do it…”
BIG PIVOTS: Is Colorado the Beacon on the Hill? Part Three
“There’s still a lot of discovery, imagination and innovation that needs to happen….”
BIG PIVOTS: Is Colorado the Beacon on the Hill? Part Two
Will Toor, director of the Colorado Energy Office, made the case that Colorado has been providing a model that can be used by other states…
BIG PIVOTS: Is Colorado the Beacon on the Hill? Part One
Will Colorado’s big pivot in energy provide a model for other states? Or are we just full of ourselves?
BIG PIVOTS: Colorado’s Decarbonization Will Continue Despite Trump Triumph
DC will be very different in January. But Colorado has strong momentum on its emissions-reduction journey…
BIG PIVOTS: LPEA Will Continue to Get Power from Tri-State After 2026 Exit
LPEA in September announced an agreement with Mercuria Energy America, a power wholesaler based in Houston, which is to be the cooperative’s major supplier of electricity…
BIG PIVOTS: A Crazy, Upside-Down World
Will Toor, the director of the Colorado Energy Office, is making some point to Jennifer Granholm, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy…
BIG PIVOTS: What Does the Election Mean for Colorado’s Energy Plans?
Some reason to believe that Colorado can continue to mostly chug along. But then there’s the issue of tariffs…
BIG PIVOTS: Time to Say ‘No’ to Electric Rate Increases?
Pueblo and Canon City already have lower incomes but the highest electric rates in Colorado. Pueblo mayor calls utility predatory…
BIG PIVOTS: Preparing for Curtailed Diversions from the Colorado River? Part Two
Even relatively healthy snowfalls don’t necessarily produce robust volumes of runoff…
BIG PIVOTS: Preparing for Curtailed Diversions from the Colorado River? Part One
“We take the position that we are not the cause of trending lower flows over the past 20 years,” said Jason Ullman, the state water engineer…