Posts Tagged ‘energy’
Colorado State Measures: Proposition 112 vs. Amendment 74
Note: This article is part of a series of 2018 ballot issue analyses written for the Blue Line by author Richard Valenty. You can find coverage of the other 2018 ballot issues here. Ed. Normally, statewide ballot issues are not of substantially [...]
Going Down With the Xcel Ship
As the Boulder City Council considers the merits of municipalization and Boulder’s carbon reduction goals, it is essential to recognize that there are opportunities and risks with EITHER path going forward—establishing a muni or establishing a [...]
Securing the US Electric Grid with Distributed Energy and Microgrids
Author's disclosure: Occasionally HOMER Energy pays me to get the word out about their company and that is the case with this story. The local NREL spinoff develops software that allows rapid design and cost comparisons of hybrid renewable [...]
Reuters | U.S. Utilities Face German-style Solar Burn
Building with solar panels in Northern Germany (Tvabutzku1234, via Wikimedia Commons) "America’s utilities face a German-style solar burn. So far, solar power accounts for just 1 percent of U.S. electricity demand, against 10 percent in [...]
Sam Weaver, Energy Expert and Pragmatist
Candidate Sam Weaver (photos from sam4council.org/) This is the fourth in a series of candidate profiles written by students in Instructor Jeff Browne’s CU News Corps course at CU-Boulder. Lars Gesing is a graduate student from Hamburg, [...]
Can Boulder Reduce Its GHG Emissions by 80%?
Front Range fire activity, 2000-2003 (Images courtesy COB) On Friday, October 4, 2013, at a PLAN-Boulder County forum moderated by PBC board member Bruce Goldstein, Brett KenCairn, Boulder’s new senior environmental planner, gave a presentation [...]
Cooling the Climate Candidate Forum: Tackling Smokestacks, Tailpipes and Trash Cans
On September 30, 2013, Boulder City Council candidates and citizens gathered for the "Cooling the Climate Candidate Forum: Tackling Smokestacks, Tailpipes and Trash Cans." The forum opened with brief statements from Eco-Cycle, Sierra Club, and [...]
Forum on Ballot Issues Related to Municipalization
Ballot Issues 2E and 310 will appear on the City of Boulder Nov. 5, 2013 ballot. The League of Women Voters of Boulder County invites you to attend a discussion on these ballot issues. What: Community Forum on Ballot Issue 2E – Electric Utility [...]
Lisa Morzel’s Excellent Adventure in France and Spain
Rarely in the past have Boulder City Council members who represented the city on trips outside of the state reported to the public on what they learned. But Deputy Mayor Lisa Morzel broke that sad record of neglect at a PLAN-Boulder County forum on [...]
PBS NewsHour | This Investment Fits Obama’s Energy Plan and Is Even Safer Than I-Bonds
"The ... advantage of a personal energy investment is that no matter what happens with the deficit, interest rates, bank malfeasance, stock fraud, or even the collapse of the euro, you own this thing. It is a productive physical asset, built into [...]
