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How policy volatility could break America’s power grid
America’s energy policy is starting to feel like a game of Calvinball – the anything-goes sport from Calvin and Hobbes where the rules change mid-play to favor whoever’s holding the ball. That’s the reality for utilities and energy developers trying to plan in an era of constant surprises.
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Thankful for Reps. Hurd and Evans for standing up for clean energy tax credits
If Congress takes the energy credits away, not only will it waste capital expenditure funds already invested in the specific projects, but the project failures will trigger a chain reaction — not just in Colorado, but across the United States.
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An Abundance of Energy Dominance
We are in a miraculous moment where energy can be many, many things, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, its own champions and critics. To me, that sounds like freedom, market choice, competitiveness. Building a big toolkit of energy solutions allows us to find the right tool for the right job. To me, that…
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Courage required for energy permitting reform
Co-authored with Delta County Commissioner Wendell A. Koontz – It takes courage, but real people are still working together to solve real problems — even in the U.S. Congress, where lawmakers are forging a common-sense solution to address our energy needs and mitigate climate change. It’s happening through a wonky process called energy permitting reform.
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People are good, democracy can work
Thanks to Colorado’s congressional delegation for voting to pass HR 6544, the Atomic Energy Advancement Act. Clean energy permitting reform matters to all Americans. We need efficient, effective, modern rules that support a variety of zero and low carbon solutions, focused on ensuring high safety standards, community involvement and efficient deployment.
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Nuclear power is part of the energy solution
Colorado’s Senate Committee on Transportation and Energy held a 4-hour hearing on this topic last Wednesday. The bill, SB24-039, would have included nuclear as a “clean energy resource,” defined as technology that generates electricity without emitting carbon. Nuclear power clearly meets that definition. The bill failed.
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Bill will help with timely switch to cleaner energy
Kudos to Senator Dylan Roberts for sponsoring HB23-1247, Assess Advanced Energy Solutions in Rural Colorado. It’s a bill about opportunity – for Colorado’s energy future and for the economic future of our rural areas.
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Broader narrative on clean energy
Renewables vs. fossil energy is a simplified transition story that, too often, drowns out the broader narrative of innovation and collaboration. Clean energy can be produced in many ways, and emissions can be reduced. We have a lot of smart, dedicated people bringing their best ideas to this problem. We will solve it together.
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Support for HB23-1247
HB23-1247 would require the state energy office to study the use of advanced energy solutions in rural Colorado as we accelerate our transition to clean energy. The bill passed with strong bipartisan votes and was signed into law by Gov. Polis on May 20, 2023
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We should be choosing low emission power sources
Our lights turn on through many different sources these days. Mine turn on from rooftop solar with battery backup. In other homes, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, geothermal or wind powers the lights. New technologies are coming online every year.
Powering Forward 