Tag: San Luis Valley Renewable Communities Alliance (SLVRCA)

Xcel Energy’s announcement this week that it’s pulling the plug on a controversial and hotly contested transmission line project in the San Luis Valley is being cheered by local environmentalists but viewed with skepticism by Xcel’s partner in the project, Tri-State Generation and Transmission.

The Saguache County Commissioners recently took the first step toward approval or denial of the San Luis Valley’s first utility scale, concentrated solar power...