Colorado's Uncharted Energy Territory

Colorado's shift to renewable energy has sacrificed reliable power with speculative promises. PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss with former Colorado Springs' Councilman and Board member Sean Paige.

Show Notes:

https://www.csu.org/pages/martindrakepowerplant.aspx

FYI about CSU’s forced transition: https://gazette.com/news/local/colorado-springs-utilities-electric-generation-electric-grid-energy-requirements/article_dd895d0c-2f4b-11ef-a7fc-9b2cd064e17d.amp.html

“Meeting state requirements for clean energy is costly and ratepayers will continue seeing the impacts on their monthly bills, Utilities Chief Executive Officer Travas Deal said.”

It isn’t the first time he has made somewhat critical comments of the Polis Plan publicly: https://gazette.com/news/local/cos-ceo-on-gov-carbon-plan/article_64ebca24-db45-11ee-9039-632a9d748fa7.html

Also: https://gazette.com/news/local/colorado-springs-utilities-electric-generation-electric-grid-energy-requirements/article_dd895d0c-2f4b-11ef-a7fc-9b2cd064e17d.html

https://www.csu.org/Pages/Blog/GreenhouseGasReductionRoadmap.aspx