Tag: Energy
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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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Can we talk about energy?
What does energy mean to you? That can be a controversial question these days. For most of my life, energy meant the wall switch I flipped to light the room, and the gasoline I pumped into my car. I didn’t think about how those electrons got into my light bulb or how gasoline got into…
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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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Colorado’s transition to renewables
A published letter in the Denver Post – stating that Colorado’s clean energy transition was moving much too slowly – triggered this response from me.
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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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Permits, lawsuits and the strangulation of American energy
Co-authored with Delta County Commissioner Wendell A. Koontz – If we want reliable energy, we need to build a mix of sources, transmission, and distribution that balances intermittent renewables with firm generation, and connects supply to demand. Our permitting process for large energy projects is strangling that progress.
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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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Climate change: ‘We can solve it. We already are’
We’re changing how we power our homes, businesses and transportation. By next year, 50% of the electricity consumed by Tri-State’s co-op customers will come from clean resources. LPEA plans to exceed that by adding in more local renewables. Electric vehicles are mainstream now, as is rooftop solar teamed with battery storage.
Powering Forward 