All Posts Tagged With: "Gov. Ritter"

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Gov. Ritter Announces New Energy
Economic Grants

The Governor unveiled $2.2 million in New Energy Economic Development (NEED) grants to 23 recipients across Colorado for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, funding his office says will help create and retain jobs, strengthen local economies, and save money and energy.

26Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Ritter Announces Acceleration of Small Hydro Projects In Colorado

Surveys have found that Colorado has several hundred sites with a potential of 5 megawatts or less, with a combined generating capacity of more than 1,400 megawatts. The lengthy permitting process, however, has prevented many projects from moving forward.

25Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Ritter Launches ‘Energy Challenge’ for
Colorado Businesses

The 13 charter members are: Amgen, Aspen Skiing Company, Avago Technologies, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Encana, Frito-Lay, MillerCoors, New Belgium Brewing Co., Roche Colorado Corp., Rocky Mountain Bottle Company, Rocky Mountain Metal Container, Sandoz and Woodward.

22Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Colorado Launches Sustainable
Main Streets Initiative

The Initiative directs state agencies to identify and target specific resources to support community projects, ranging from increasing disaster readiness plans to improving energy efficiency in downtown areas. The four pilot communities are Five Points and the towns of Fowler, Monte Vista and Rifle.

4May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Ritter Signs Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act Into Law

The measure brought together an unusual coalition of supporters that are normally on opposite sides of the issues, including the Governor’s biggest Republican critic, Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry of Grand Junction, and the state’s natural-gas industry.

19Apr2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Ritter Signs Landmark Renewable Energy Bill

The passage of HB-10-1001 gives Colorado the highest renewable energy standard in the Rocky Mountain West, requiring that 30 percent of electricity be generated from renewable sources by 2020. “Today we continue to chart a new course for Colorado’s New Energy Economy and America’s clean energy economy,” said the Governor.

22Mar2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Governor Urges Lawmakers to Back
Coal Plant Measure

Momentum for House Bill 1365 continued this week as the House Transportation and Energy Committee voted 10-1 to endorse the measure, after Gov. Ritter encouraged members to back a framework for retiring or retrofitting coal-fired power plants along the Front Range, which is called for in the proposed legislation.

22Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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
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Colorado Legislature Approves 30% Renewable Energy Requirement

The new bill was finalized after a few housecleaning tweaks and will soon have the Governor’s signature on it. HB-1001 has been a major goal this year for the Ritter Administration and once law, will make Colorado second only to California in highest mandated percentage of renewables for power generation.

10Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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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.

4Mar2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Chu Warns of U.S. Ceding Clean Energy to China

At Friday’s Colorado Energy Jobs Summit on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, the Secretary sited several areas where he said we’ve fallen behind other nations, including vehicle fuel efficiency, electricity transmission efficiency, battery technology and nuclear power.

27Feb2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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Ritter Won’t Run for Re-Election

Ritter’s “New Energy Economy” has been touted nationwide as an example of how to balance fossil fuels with renewable sources to diversify a state’s energy portfolio, and many Coloradans — some say a majority — support more regulation of extractive industries, including mining, to protect the state’s natural beauty and outdoor recreation economy.

6Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Re-Caping the NEED Grants: Who Gets the Green

Here are the details on the 14 New Energy Economic Development (NEED) grants that Gov. Ritter recently announcedl will be going to recipients across Colorado for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

15Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Xcel Drops Rate Increase Proposal to
Solar Customers

Gov. Ritter said he believed Xcel’s new minimum monthly bill, if implemented, would have been a disincentive for customers to buy solar panel arrays, stifling job growth, inhibiting future economic development and penalizing those voluntarily invested in clean energy.

5Aug2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Regional Differences Hinder Climate Bill Consensus –
Ritter Touts Clean Energy as “Jobs Creator” to Senate Committee

The Governor said “that efforts to curb global warming and spur the development of cleaner sources of energy have created jobs and new businesses in their states, a trend that could expand nationwide if Congress passes federal legislation.” But some politicians from “middle America” said it would hurt their states.

22Jul2009 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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Ritter Seeks $10 Million Grant to Boost
Natural Gas Demand

The Governor’s Energy Office, in partnership with Clean Energy and the Southern and Northern Colorado Clean Cities Coalitions, has applied for a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to significantly expand the use of compressed natural gas as a fuel source for industry, transit and public vehicles in Colorado.

7Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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