Counselor's Corner
HB 10:1001 — Colorado’s
“Retail Distributed Energy” Game Changer
This is a big step! It means that no longer will our state’s investor-owned utilities be focused on 250-plus MW wind faclities to meet their RES requirements. They will of necessity be required to encourage retail distributed generation by the people who are consuming it, not just huge generation companies.
14Mar2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Is the Sustainability Revolution Sustainable?
It’s July 20, 1789. Smith and Jones, two English businessmen, are walking down the street. Smith turns to Jones and says, “How about this Industrial Revolution we’re having?” Sounds implausible? Of course it does. Because the industrial revolution was not really a revolution.
1Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
COP-15: The Mice in Council
According to Aesop, long ago a group of mice held a supreme council to consider how to deal with the threat posed by the local Cat. After hours of debate they finally agreed that the best solution was to tie a bell around the Cat’s neck so they would have advance warning of its approach. Convinced that they had solved the problem, they began to return to their homes, when a wise old mouse said, “I have just one question — who’s going to tie the bell on the Cat?”
30Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Smart Grid’s Potential Attracts Heavy-Hitters –
Development of Standards Remains Key
I challenge you to think of any part of the smart grid that GE does NOT offer –maybe software. Luke’s speech set the theme - this isn’t the Internet. This is a land of Industrial Giants, and (unlike IBM’s Internet ennui of the early 1990s) these giants are not ceding the smart grid territory to anyone.
5Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Debut of Counselor’s Corner –
Vol. #1–The Smart Grid: What’s the Big Deal?
Colorado Energy News is delighted to welcome Peter Edwards to our editorial team. A technology and finance attorney with the Denver firm, Fairfield and Woods, Peter will be presenting new items of interest for business and legal professionals in the energy world of the future, particularly in Colorado.
12Sep2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued-
Colorado is NOT Arizona
His critics will never acknowledge it, but executive leadership like the kind provided by Colorado’s governor can make a critical difference in a state’s economic well-being, even in the depths of a severe recession. Think we’re overstating the case? Take a look at what recently took place in Arizona, a state never known for consistent legislative policy-making.
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