All Posts Tagged With: "Gov. Ritter"

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Working Toward a Clean Energy Economy

Over the last four years, Colorado has earned a national reputation as one of the most progressive states with its energy policy. No amount of foot-stomping by a certain Denver Post columnist or by the coal industry’s PR machine can change that. Beginning in 2007, former Gov. Bill Ritter and the Colorado General Assembly led our state in making great strides toward a new energy economy. I’m proud of the role played by the Public Utilities Commission.

14Mar2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Gov. Bill Ritter to Head New CSU Policy Center
for New Energy Economy

When his term as governor ends this month, Ritter will become the director of the Center for the New Energy Economy and Senior Scholar within the University’s School of Global Environmental Sustainability – called SoGES.
His official start date at CSU will be Feb. 1.

5Jan2011 | admin | 4 comments | Continued
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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 | 1 comment | 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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