Colorado lawmakers are drafting legislation to ensure local governments can’t derail the state’s ambitious plans to transition to carbon-free energy sources like wind and solar.
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The plan comes amid deadlines to clean up the electricity grid and a movement that has successfully slowed renewable energy development in rural areas.
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission will soon consider a $15 billion plan by the state's largest electric utility that could have long-lasting impacts on efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, increase the amount of renewable energy on the grid and keep electricity affordable.
Xcel Energy-Colorado is winning praise for the amount of renewable energy it has proposed in its clean energy plan, but is getting blowback for proposing new natural gas plants.
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission will soon consider a $15 billion plan by the state's largest electric utility that could have long-lasting impacts on efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, increase the amount of renewable energy on the grid and keep electricity affordable.