Colorado Regulators and Xcel Energy Craft Fuel Switching Strategy - In Secret!
July 12, 2010 - 11:00 AM
Consumers, workers, businesses, and local governments are up in arms over Xcel Energy’s cozy relationship with state regulators, as witnessed by the events unfolding before the Colorado Air Quality Control Division. House Bill 1365 requires state regulators to consult in good faith with Public Service Company (Xcel) to design an emissions reduction plan to “meet the current and reasonably foreseeable requirements of the Clean Air Act and state law in a cost-effective and flexible manner.”...
New Blog - Energy Bill is a Trojan Horse for Higher Rates. Employment
April 19, 2010 - 2:29 PM
New Blog from Stuart Sanderson on HB 1365...
GOVERNOR SIGNS NATURAL GAS GIVEAWAY
April 19, 2010 - 12:06 PM
In a signing ceremony today, Governor Bill Ritter signed into law HB 1365, which will result in lost jobs, higher electricity rates and a windfall for natural gas interests. ...
See the Study That Shows HB 1365 Will Cost Colorado Energy Consumers 2 Billion Dollars
April 1, 2010 - 2:45 PM
Study by Energy Ventures Analysis, Inc....
Natural Gas Giveaway Will Cause Higher Rates and Lost Jobs
April 1, 2010 - 2:35 PM
HB 1365, the secret deal that resulted in a giveaway to natural gas lobbyists and industry, passed the Senate. In a press release, CMA condemned the closed door bargain, saying it would cost more than 500 jobs and cause electricity rates to sky rocket. ...
Food Bank Study - Poor Must Choose Between Food and Paying for Utilities
March 19, 2010 - 4:25 PM
Lawrence Solomon - No Cap and Trade; No Carbon Tax
February 24, 2010 - 3:30 PM
New CMA Blog -
Lawrence Solomon, author of "The Deniers" addressed the 112th National Western Mining Conference.
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No-energy policies hurting Colorado - By Rep. Doug Lamborn
January 28, 2010 - 2:52 PM
President Obama's misguided energy policies must be reversed because they are hurting the economy. Even though no binding agreement came out of the climate summit in Copenhagen, and the cap and trade bill is stalled in the Senate, both have injected uncertainty into a fragile economy. ...
Global warming again dead last: If polls say 'yes,' why do lawmakers say 'maybe'?
January 26, 2010 - 10:49 AM
Dealing with global warming ranks at the bottom of the public's list of priorities; just 28% consider this a top priority, the lowest measure for any issue tested in the survey. Since 2007, when the item was first included on the priorities list, dealing with global warming has consistently ranked at or near the bottom. Even so, the percentage that now says addressing global warming should be a top priority has fallen 10 points from 2007, when 38% considered it a top priority....
Great Myth Number One of Energy Independence: Renewables Will Wean Us off Foreign Oil
January 23, 2010 - 11:42 AM
New blog from CMA about energy independence
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