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Pueblo power debate: ‘All of the impacts, few of the benefits’

By | 01.04.11 | 9:26 am

Xcel produces 1,410 megawatts of electricity in Pueblo — enough to power at least a million homes — but sells none of it to local residents. It does, indirectly, sell a percentage of that power to Pueblo households through Black Hills, which has a franchise agreement with the city, but will do so only until the end of next year, when the current contract is set to expire.

Pueblo’s Black Hills utility company suspends solar rebates

By | 10.21.10 | 9:12 am

After fulfilling the state requirement for solar energy as a percentage of electricity generation, Black Hills Energy has announced the suspension of the $2 per watt rebate program. Local solar companies fear the move will significantly dampen…

Ritter decries GOP politicizing of drilling regs while touting wildlife deals

By | 08.10.10 | 6:43 pm

As Colorado voters turned in last-minute ballots to pick a Republican candidate for governor Tuesday, the current governor stood on the west steps of the state capitol in Denver and tossed a huge wrench in the GOP campaign machine’s attacks on his “New Energy Economy.”