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…
Author: Allen Best
Allen Best publishes the e-journal Big Pivots, which chronicles the energy transition in Colorado and beyond.
BIG PIVOTS: Tri-State Doesn’t See Coal in Its Future
“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…
BIG PIVOTS: Tons of Questions About a Data Center Bill
A late bill being heard by Colorado legislators is big and complex. And exactly what problem is it solving?
BIG PIVOTS: Friction in Colorado about 2035 and 2040 Climate Goals, Part Two
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…
BIG PIVOTS: Friction in Colorado about 2035 and 2040 Climate Goals, Part One
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…
Trump Administration Thawing Frozen IRA Funding for Electric Co-ops?
But will Colorado’s electric cooperatives get all the money they were promised? The answer remains unclear…
BIG PIVOTS: Sun Day in the Works
“The idea of Sun Day, instead, is that we’re on the edge of this extraordinary possibility for solar…”
BIG PIVOTS: Bumps Ahead in Colorado’s Road to Decarbonization?
“Although these proposed tariffs and policy changes have yet to have full effect, vendors have preemptively included the anticipated increase in their pricing models…”
BIG PIVOTS: Why It’s Named ‘Lee Ferry’
Recently I mentioned Lee Ferry in a story I wrote about the Colorado River wrangling. A reader sought to correct my perceived solecism…
BIG PIVOTS: Putting Lauren Boebert in Perspective
A Democrat and a Republican share their views of the Trump presidency, Colorado’s political shift, and other topics at the Colorado Water Congress…
BIG PIVOTS: Rural Electric Associations Holding Their Breath
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association alone has been promised $670 million in low-interest loans and other financial assistance…
BIG PIVOTS: NREL vs. ‘Drill-Baby-Drill’
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden has 3,675 employees. It’s known around the world…
BIG PIVOTS: Colorado Legislature Looking at Nuclear Energy
The legislative bill this year has more than one sponsor, including two Democrats. It might actually survive its first committee hearing…
White House Cuts Off ‘New ERA’ Funding to Colorado Electric Cooperatives
Will the money eventually arrive? Donald Trump in his first days as president ordered a freeze on distribution of funds…
BIG PIVOTS: How About Those Natural Gas Pipelines?
New natural gas lines are a problem. Will these solutions be a model for Colorado?…
LPEA Primes the ‘Electrification Pump’
“Our rebate program is designed to help offset upfront costs by approximately 10%…”
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…”