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This document highlights the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's investments and impacts in the state of Colorado.
Colorado
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This document highlights the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's investments and impacts in the state of Colorado.
Colorado: Colorado's Clean Energy Resources and Economy (Brochure)
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This document highlights the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's investments and impacts in the state of Colorado.
Colorado
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This document highlights the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's investments and impacts in the state of Colorado.
Colorado's Clean Energy Choices (Booklet).
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The daily choices that we make as consumers affects the environment and our economy. Based on the state of today's technology and economics, Colorado consumers can include energy efficiency and renewable energy into many aspects of our lives. These choices include where we obtain our electricity from, how we use energy at home, and how we transport ourselves from one place to another. In additionto outlining how we can use clean energy, Coloraodo's Clean Energy Choices gives consumers contacts and links to Web sites for where to get more information.
Colorado's Clean Energy Choices
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Languages : en
Pages : 5
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The daily choices made as consumers affect the environment and the economy. Based on the state of today's technology and economics, Colorado consumers can include energy efficiency and renewable energy into many aspects of their lives. These choices include where they obtain electricity, how they use energy at home, and how they transport themselves from one place to another. In addition to outlining how they can use clean energy, Colorado's Clean Energy Choices gives consumers contacts and links to Web sites for where to get more information.
Energy for Colorado's Economy
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In November 2004, the citizens of Colorado became the first in the nation to vote on and pass a statewide renewable energy requirement. Xcel Energy, the state's largest investor-owned utility, responded by signing contracts for 775 megawatts of new wind farms in Colorado in 2006, demonstrating that the requirement could be met easily and quickly. Energy for Colorado's Economy quantifies the benefits of setting the bar even higher, requiring the state's top utilities to reach 20 percent renewable energy by 2020, concluding that a deeper commitment to renewable power will create more jobs, stimulate the economy, stabilize energy prices and further reduce the long-term economic and environmental risk from global warming pollution.
Colorado's Renewable Energy Resources
Author: Andy WalkerPublisher:
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Category : Renewable energy sources
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Connecting Colorado's Renewable Resources to the Markets in a Carbon-constrained Electricity Sector
Author: Colorado. Governor's Energy OfficePublisher:
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 97
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The REDI Report, Connecting Colorado's Renewable Resources to the Markets in a Carbon-Constrained Electricity Sector, is an analysis of the issues facing Colorado's electric power sector as it strives to meet the goal of a 20% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2020 from a 2005 base. The REDI report addresses a variety of topics, including: Baseline information regarding Colorado's generation and transmission infrastructure, with an emphasis on large-scale renewable energy generation. A history of Colorado's electricity sector, including electric demand, planning, policy, and regulation. The roles that different combinations of supply-side resources, demand-side resources, and transmission can play to meet carbon dioxide reduction goals. A description of transmission economics, finance, regulatory, and market issues, particularly within a regional framework. Plans for expansion of Colorado's high-voltage transmission system. The local, state, and federal roles in permitting and siting large renewable energy projects and transmission. The opportunities stemming from new Federal funding and policy initiatives. Options for further examination to increase the connection of Colorado's utility-scale renewable resources to the grid.
Colorado Electrification & Decarbonization Study
Author: Christopher T M ClackPublisher: Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 19
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The present study finds that electrifying transportation and heating (along with some other sectors) while decarbonizing the Colorado electricity sector will enable the reduction of economy-wide GHG emissions to below 70% of 2005 levels by 2040, while lowering both electricity and energy costs for all Coloradans. Personal vehicle fuel costs are reduced by over $600 per year (if an EV is used), household heating fuel costs are reduced by over $500 when electrified. In addition, all electricity rates are lowered by 15%, meaning those that do not electrify also benefits with lower costs amounting to $98 per year. The reduction in GHG emissions equates to Colorado exceeding all its target in HB19-1261 through 2040. The electrification of transportation and heating becomes essential in helping lower economy-wide emissions in an affordable manner. Their additions provides flexibility within the electricity grid over Colorado, which can enable more variable renewable energy sources.
Connecting Colorado's Renewable Resources to the Markets in a Cabon-Constrained Electricity Sector
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The benchmark goal that drives the report is to achieve a 20 percent reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Colorado's electricity sector below 2005 levels by 2020. We refer to this as the '20 x 20 goal.' In discussing how to meet this goal, the report concentrates particularly on the role of utility-scale renewable energy and high-voltage transmission. An underlying recognition is that any proposed actions must not interfere with electric system reliability and should minimize financial impacts on customers and utilities. The report also describes the goals of Colorado's New Energy Economy5 - identified here, in summary, as the integration of energy, environment, and economic policies that leads to an increased quality of life in Colorado. We recognize that a wide array of options are under constant consideration by professionals in the electric industry, and the regulatory community. Many options are under discussion on this topic, and the costs and benefits of the options are inherently difficult to quantify. Accordingly, this report should not be viewed as a blueprint with specific recommendations for the timing, siting, and sizing of generating plants and high-voltage transmission lines. We convened the project with the goal of supplying information inputs for consideration by the state's electric utilities, legislators, regulators, and others as we work creatively to shape our electricity sector in a carbon-constrained world. The report addresses various issues that were raised in the Connecting Colorado's Renewable Resources to the Markets report, also known as the SB07-91 Report. That report was produced by the Senate Bill 2007-91 Renewable Resource Generation Development Areas Task Force and presented to the Colorado General Assembly in 2007. The SB07-91 Report provided the Governor, the General Assembly, and the people of Colorado with an assessment of the capability of Colorado's utility-scale renewable resources to contribute electric power in the state from 10 Colorado generation development areas (GDAs) that have the capacity for more than 96,000 megawatts (MW) of wind generation and 26,000 MW of solar generation. The SB07-91 Report recognized that only a small fraction of these large capacity opportunities are destined to be developed. As a rough comparison, 13,964 MW of installed nameplate capacity was available in Colorado in 2008. The legislature did not direct the SB07-91 task force to examine several issues that are addressed in the REDI report. These issues include topics such as transmission, regulation, wildlife, land use, permitting, electricity demand, and the roles that different combinations of supply-side resources, demand-side resources, and transmission can play to meet a CO2 emissions reduction goal. This report, which expands upon research from a wide array of sources, serves as a sequel to the SB07-91 Report. Reports and research on renewable energy and transmission abound. This report builds on the work of many, including professionals who have dedicated their careers to these topics. A bibliography of information resources is provided, along with many citations to the work of others. The REDI Project was designed to present baseline information regarding the current status of Colorado's generation and transmission infrastructure. The report discusses proposals to expand the infrastructure, and identifies opportunities to make further improvements in the state's regulatory and policy environment. The report offers a variety of options for consideration as Colorado seeks pathways to meet the 20 x 20 goal. The primary goal of the report is to foster broader discussion regarding how the 20 x 20 goal interacts with electric resource portfolio choices, particularly the expansion of utility-scale renewable energy and the high-voltage transmission infrastructure. The report also is intended to serve as a resource when identifying opportunities stemming from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.