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Author: Allen Best

Allen Best publishes the e-journal Big Pivots, which chronicles the energy transition in Colorado and beyond.
BIG PIVOTS: Climate Change Lawsuit Gets the Green Light

BIG PIVOTS: Climate Change Lawsuit Gets the Green Light

Posted on May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 by Allen Best

Colorado Supreme Court says Boulder/Boulder County lawsuit can be heard by a state court and is not pre-empted by federal laws. But, there was dissent…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
BIG PIVOTS: Tri-State Doesn't See Coal in Its Future

BIG PIVOTS: Tri-State Doesn’t See Coal in Its Future

Posted on May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 by Allen Best

“Just transition” is also part of Tri-State’s pivot. State legislators in 2019 said that coal-dependent communities should be given aid as they made their career shifts…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
BIG PIVOTS: Tons of Questions About a Data Center Bill

BIG PIVOTS: Tons of Questions About a Data Center Bill

Posted on April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 by Allen Best

A late bill being heard by Colorado legislators is big and complex. And exactly what problem is it solving?

Posted in Opinion/Letters
BIG PIVOTS: Friction in Colorado about 2035 and 2040 Climate Goals, Part Two

BIG PIVOTS: Friction in Colorado about 2035 and 2040 Climate Goals, Part Two

Posted on April 4, 2025April 4, 2025 by Allen Best

The bill, if it became law, risked “driving energy costs higher at a time when our state is already nearing an affordability crisis,” said the letter…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
BIG PIVOTS: Friction in Colorado about 2035 and 2040 Climate Goals, Part One

BIG PIVOTS: Friction in Colorado about 2035 and 2040 Climate Goals, Part One

Posted on April 3, 2025April 4, 2025 by Allen Best

The bill, if it became law, risked “driving energy costs higher at a time when our state is already nearing an affordability crisis,” said the letter…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

Trump Administration Thawing Frozen IRA Funding for Electric Co-ops?

Posted on March 31, 2025March 31, 2025 by Allen Best

But will Colorado’s electric cooperatives get all the money they were promised? The answer remains unclear…

Posted in News/Politics
BIG PIVOTS: Sun Day in the Works

BIG PIVOTS: Sun Day in the Works

Posted on March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 by Allen Best

“The idea of Sun Day, instead, is that we’re on the edge of this extraordinary possibility for solar…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation
BIG PIVOTS: Bumps Ahead in Colorado's Road to Decarbonization?

BIG PIVOTS: Bumps Ahead in Colorado’s Road to Decarbonization?

Posted on March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 by Allen Best

“Although these proposed tariffs and policy changes have yet to have full effect, vendors have preemptively included the anticipated increase in their pricing models…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters
BIG PIVOTS:  Why It's Named 'Lee Ferry'

BIG PIVOTS: Why It’s Named ‘Lee Ferry’

Posted on March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 by Allen Best

Recently I mentioned Lee Ferry in a story I wrote about the Colorado River wrangling. A reader sought to correct my perceived solecism…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

BIG PIVOTS: Putting Lauren Boebert in Perspective

Posted on February 25, 2025February 25, 2025 by Allen Best

A Democrat and a Republican share their views of the Trump presidency, Colorado’s political shift, and other topics at the Colorado Water Congress…

Posted in News/Politics

BIG PIVOTS: Rural Electric Associations Holding Their Breath

Posted on February 18, 2025February 18, 2025 by Allen Best

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association alone has been promised $670 million in low-interest loans and other financial assistance…

Posted in Business
BIG PIVOTS: NREL vs. 'Drill-Baby-Drill'

BIG PIVOTS: NREL vs. ‘Drill-Baby-Drill’

Posted on February 17, 2025February 17, 2025 by Allen Best

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden has 3,675 employees. It’s known around the world…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

BIG PIVOTS: Colorado Legislature Looking at Nuclear Energy

Posted on February 12, 2025February 12, 2025 by Allen Best

The legislative bill this year has more than one sponsor, including two Democrats. It might actually survive its first committee hearing…

Posted in Opinion/Letters

White House Cuts Off ‘New ERA’ Funding to Colorado Electric Cooperatives

Posted on February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 by Allen Best

Will the money eventually arrive? Donald Trump in his first days as president ordered a freeze on distribution of funds…

Posted in Business

BIG PIVOTS: How About Those Natural Gas Pipelines?

Posted on January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 by Allen Best

New natural gas lines are a problem. Will these solutions be a model for Colorado?…

Posted in Business

LPEA Primes the ‘Electrification Pump’

Posted on January 21, 2025January 21, 2025 by Allen Best

“Our rebate program is designed to help offset upfront costs by approximately 10%…”

Posted in Business
BIG PIVOTS: An Eddy in the Colorado River

BIG PIVOTS: An Eddy in the Colorado River

Posted on January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 by Allen Best

Division had deepened by December when the water buffaloes of the Colorado River Basin assembled in Las Vegas…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
BIG PIVOTS: Jimmy Carter and the Colorado Solar Industry

BIG PIVOTS: Jimmy Carter and the Colorado Solar Industry

Posted on January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 by Allen Best

Carter had advanced schooling in nuclear energy, but by 1975 he was thinking about renewables…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
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