Colorado plans to retire a good part of its coal generation over the next few years and replace it with less reliable non-dispatchable wind/large scale solar. This could put many Coloradans at risk of power outages.
Because CSU is a city enterprise, it cannot get more than 10% of its funding from government. This means the city can’t bail CSU out, so ratepayers will have to.
Xcel wants to replace “legacy” Automatic Reading Meters with new Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters while at the same time reducing the service life of the new meters of from 25 years to 20 years.
Religious environmentalists don’t want to anything that could appear permissive of oil and gas or coal even if it helps them reach their own stated goals.
According to DOE, adding carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) to the plant would substantially increase reductions in CO2 emissions over those predicted for Xcel’s Colorado Energy Plan approved last year by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
Xcel’s proposals were farcical from their inception, so it’s hardly a surprise that they’re failing before they can even begin.
It wouldn’t matter to Xcel if the Comanche plants were 100 percent powered by zero-emission bunny flatulence, the corporatist money is in the closing plants and building new ones.
Xcel Energy’s recently approved Colorado Energy Plan (CEP) is what the company refers to as its “Steel for Fuel” strategy. With a green light from Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC),
Even if we use Xcel’s own self-serving numbers, the alleged cost savings are highly speculative and wouldn’t materialize until 2046 – if ever
If Xcel had any competition, we’d be congratulating them on increasing their profits. But it doesn’t. Colorado ratepayers have no choice.
If recent history is any guide, Xcel’s statement that ratepayers will save money challenges reality
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