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Lafayette pushes forward on creating ballot measures on Xcel franchise agreement	22.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
The Lafayette City Council voted Tuesday night to come up with language for a pair of ballot measures on whether Lafayette should renew its franchise agreement with Xcel Energy or put in place an occupation tax to replace the franchise fee now received from the utility.
Salt Lake Chamber recognized for clean-energy initiatives	15.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Vince Horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 14, 2013 07:10PM MDT Salt Lake City residents know that during a bad day in January the muck in the air can be so bad, it’s almost like you can’t breathe. So, the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce put a plan into action that recognizes area businesses that help clean up the putrid smog. The chamber was recognized as one of 10 in the U.S. by the Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy for creating initiatives that help drive business development. The list of chambers are profiled in a new report, Local Chambers as Chang... ...
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Tri-State CEO urges governor to veto rural co-op renewable-energy bill	15.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Tri-State CEO urges governor to veto rural co-op renewable-energy bill
AP IMPACT: Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths	15.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo.—Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind.
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Coram punches above weight	14.5.2013	Durango Herald
DENVER x2013 For state Rep. Don Coram, 2013 was a paradoxical year in the Legislature x2013 a personal success, but a disaster for his party.The Montrose Republican, whose district includes Montezuma County, passed bills on forest health and hemp regulation, among others. His party saw defeats on renewable-energy mandates,...
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Local support for bill that could increase renewable energy requirements	13.5.2013	Telluride: News
Despite strong opposition in rural parts of the state to a controversial bill that would increase the renewable energy standard for wholesale utilities, the president of the San Miguel Power Association Board of Directors says the members here support it.
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Felicelli, unopposed, to serve second term	10.5.2013	Telluride: News
Rube Felicelli will continue to represent District 5 on the San Miguel Power Association board, while two challengers will battle it out in an election for District 7 representative.
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Colorado renewable energy bill gets call for veto from GOP lawmakers	10.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
About a dozen Republican legislators met on the steps of the state Capitol Thursday to call for a veto on the rural renewable energy bill, arguing that it, along with gun-control bills passed earlier this year, are an attack on rural Colorado.
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Colorado likely to adopt tough new rural renewable energy requirements	7.5.2013	From the Blogs
Astronomical rate increases unlikely to follow
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Hickenlooper vs. the hicks? Hardly	7.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
So, have you heard the one where Colorado's urban interests are running roughshod over rural residents because they just plain don't care about outstate Colorado?
Should Blue Sky effort be Utah utility’s end game?	5.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Steven Oberbeck The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 4, 2013 09:09PM MDT For well over a decade, Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky program has offered Utahns a way to participate in the green energy revolution by buying electricity produced from wind farms, solar power arrays and geothermal plants. But now, one of the state’s leading environmental groups says it is time for the power company to start thinking above and beyond Blue Sky. Instead of buying most of its renewable energy from projects in other states, the environmental group HEAL Utah says the power company ... ...
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New technology propels 'old energy' boom	4.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
NEW YORK—Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade—just not the one we expected.
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Editorial: A renewed bill on renewables	4.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
When a bill to boost the renewable energy standard in rural Colorado was introduced last month, we urged its supporters to figure out ways to make it less onerous.
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Arizona's impending solar war	3.5.2013	From the Blogs
Battle lines are drawn as AZ's biggest utility threatens to axe net metering
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A job killer or a job creator? Beyond the rhetoric of the renewable mandate	3.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
Located 200 miles and two mountain passes northwest of Denver, the town of Craig was rocking and rolling in the late 1970s as two coal-fired power plants were being completed and a third was launched.
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Renewable energy and polyester leisure suits	3.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
My generation now laughs at the fashions of the 1970s. I personally never liked bell bottoms, white belts, or double-knit polyester leisure suits. But they were all the rage; we wore them or risked appearing uncool.
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SMPA to appoint new board member	3.5.2013	Telluride: News
The San Miguel Power Association will appoint a new director this month to fill the seat left by Wes Perrin, a long-serving board member and renewable energy champion who passed away in March after battling cancer.
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Growth of renewables lags as technology finds more oil, gas	3.5.2013	azcentral.com \| business
NEW YORK Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade -- just not the one we expected. By now, cars were supposed to be running on fuel made from plant waste or algae -- or powered by hydrogen or cheap batteries that burned nothing at all. Electricity would be generated with solar panels and wind turbines. When the sun didn't shine or the wind didn't blow, power would flow from batteries the size of tractor-trailers.
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Renewable energy measure awaits Colo. gov's pen	2.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Renewable energy measure awaits Colo. gov's pen
Colorado House passes controversial renewable energy mandate bill	1.5.2013	Steamboat Pilot
A controversial bill that increases renewable energy mandates for rural electricity cooperatives was approved by the Colorado House of Representatives on Tuesday.
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