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Front Range Oil and Gas Development Nexus
for Policy Clashes

>> Front Range Setting for Fracking Fight
>> Did Arapahoe County Take Right Path on Gas, Oil?
>> Boulder County Will Try Phasing in Drilling
>> Fort Collins Relaxes Fracking Ban for Only Operator

| May 24th, 2013 | Continued

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The Calm Before the Solar Storm

How do we know solar has officially arrived? Some major electricity players are aggressively moving into the distributed solar market. NRG Energy, whose core business model has been based on providing central thermal power to distribution utilities, is now shifting gears to start offering solar and natural gas combinations direct to consumers.

| May 23rd, 2013 | Continued

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Colorado Beats Five Southwest States in Support of Electric Vehicles

The state legislature passed six different bills supporting electric vehicles in the 2013 session, boosting the state to an A- ranking in a report card comparison of six southwestern states’ government policies designed to push the cars from showrooms to roads.

| May 21st, 2013 | Continued

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Interior Issues New Drilling Rule on Public Land

Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said. But environmental groups are already labeling the new proposal weaker than last year’s plan.

| May 20th, 2013 | Continued

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Colorado Renewable Energy Bill Gets Call for Veto From GOP Lawmakers

Senate Bill 252, which passed May 1, requires the state’s rural-based nonprofit energy cooperatives to increase the amount of renewable energy offered to 20 percent by 2020 — an unfair burden on the state’s rural communities, say opponents. Hickenlooper is still reviewing the legislation.

| May 14th, 2013 | Continued

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Sponsor Pulls Higher Oil and Gas Fines Bill

House Bill 1267 was killed Wednesday by the lawmaker who first proposed it. Democratic Rep. Mike Foote of Lafayette decided to drop the proposal rather than pass a version that does not include minimum fines on significant spills, as the state Senate had insisted.

| May 9th, 2013 | Continued

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500 Kilowatt Solar Project in Boulder Completed

The Boulder Cowdery Meadows Solar Array is the first community solar project completed under Xcel Energy’s Solar*Rewards Community program, under which any utility ratepayer can directly purchase energy from a “solar garden” and immediately save money on monthly electricity bills.

17May2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Regional Update: “Orphaned” Oil and Gas Wells on the Rise
in Wyoming

There are some 1,200 “orphaned” wells in Wyoming that have not been properly plugged and reclaimed, creating potential risks to the environment and human health, according to Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission data.

10May2013 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Colorado Springs Group Sues to Allow Vote on Fracking Ban

A citizens group said Thursday that it has sued the city of Colorado Springs in an effort to move forward a petition to amend the City Charter to ban oil and gas drilling in the city.

10May2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Vestas Has Dismal First Quarter

Most illustrative of its continued slump: Vestas didn’t deliver a single machine to a U.S. wind farm during first quarter of this year, according to the company’s financial report.

9May2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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CSU Database Tracks Energy Legislation Nationwide

This first-of-its-kind resource, created in partnership with the Advanced Energy Economy, will also enable the University’s Center for the New Energy Economy to conduct analysis of trends in state energy legislation.

8May2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Hickenlooper Gets Dems to Flip, Kills Two Bills to Regulate Oil and Gas

It’s been known for weeks that House Bill 1316, which would require oil and gas companies in the Greater Wattenburg Area to abide by the same groundwater testing regimes as the rest of the state, didn’t have much of a chance to pass the Senate.

8May2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Denver Named #3 Oil and Gas City in the World

Only two areas in the entire world beat out the Mile High City for the brightest future for oil and gas industry careers, according to a new survey by Rigzone. In addition, unconventional oil and gas activity statewide created
77,600 jobs in 2012.

6May2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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