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Valmont Station burned coal to produce electricity for Boulder from the mid 1920s until 2017. Five years later, the environmental impacts of coal ash linger, with few conservation watchdogs in sight. Boulder Reporting Lab founder and publisher Stacy Feldman joined us to talk about it.
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KUNC Programming and Operations Manager Desmond O’Boyle and Boulder Reporting Lab Senior Reporter John Herrick discuss a civil rights lawsuit about the treatment of mentally ill people in the Boulder County Jail and the legal repercussions Xcel Energy is facing following the release of findings about the cause of the Marshall fire.
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Boulder Reporting Lab Reporter Tim Drugan joined us to talk about insurance carriers rethinking their coverage offerings in fire-prone Colorado and the latest in Marshall fire-related lawsuits against Xcel Energy.
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Dozens of insurance companies are suing Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to recoup money paid out to homes and businesses lost in Colorado's most destructive wildfire in 2021.
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In its second plan on electric vehicles filed with regulators, Xcel Energy proposes spending $145 million to build a public charging network over the next three years in addition to offering rebates and other programs.
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Colorado Sun Editor Lance Benzel joined us to discuss one of the drawbacks of increased tourism in the Colorado mountains and why Xcel Energy customers are seeing rate hikes.
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Pressure has been building on Colorado power companies in the weeks following the state's deep freeze to reconsider passing a natural gas price spike on to customers. The PUC officially launched its investigation into the utilities’ buying decisions last month.
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As climate scientists sound the alarm on the effects of rising global temperatures, many of Colorado's electric utilities are shifting their focus to a…
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About 85,000 people remained without power Thursday morning in Colorado, mostly in the Denver area.Xcel Energy says it is making progress to restore power…