DENVER â Now that the House has approved the stateâs $34 billion budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 4, the measure heads back to the Senate for a final vote before heading to Gov. Jared Polis for his approval.
â Monday: The House Agriculture, Livestock and Water Committee is to hear HB1260, a measure partly introduced by Rep. Marc Catlin, R-Montrose, and Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, that is to transfer $20 million to begin to implement the stateâs water plan. The money comes from the voter-approved Proposition DD, which authorized online sports betting in the state.
â Tuesday: The Senate Transportation and Energy Committee is to discuss SB 161, a measure partly sponsored by Sen. Don Coram, R-Montrose, to mandate the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules for a voluntary greenhouse gas reduction program on natural gas use by large utilities.
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Wyoming sets aside money to sue states, like Colorado, for their renewable energy policies Source: By Judith Kohler, Denver Post • Posted: Thursday, April 15, 2021
New law seeks to protect the Cowboy State’s coal interests
A new Wyoming law that sets aside money to sue states whose policies hamper the use of Wyoming coal was passed in part with Colorado in mind, the sponsor said.
The bill recently signed into law allocates $1.2 million to the governor’s office for lawsuits against states with laws and regulations that impede Wyoming’s ability to export coal or force the early closures of coal-fired plants in the state. Wyoming is the country’s No.1 coal producer and the move to more renewable energy because of dropping prices of wind and solar power and concerns about climate change has battered the Cowboy State’s coal industry.
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The price tag for Xcel Energy closing all its Colorado coal-fired plants will be $1.4 billion spread over decades a sum that will be paid exclusively by the utility’s residential and commercial customers.
The closure estimates and their financing are part of the $8 billion electric resource and clean energy plan submitted last month to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for approval.
The cost for shutting all or part of the five coal-fired units is sure to be a flashpoint in PUC hearings on the plan, especially the price of closing Comanche 3, Xcel’s newest and most expensive unit, which makes up two-thirds of the closure costs.
Calling a loved one in Colorado jails or prisons? Be prepared to pay some bucks.
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Lawmakers want transparency into costs paid by families, inmates
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 10:17 AM Inmates in the La Plata County Jail hang out in the dormitory area. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file
Calling a loved one in Colorado jails or prisons? Be prepared to pay some bucks. Inmates in the La Plata County Jail hang out in the dormitory area. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file
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The $9 that Jim Anthony paid for each video visit with his jailed son last year was expensive, but it was the best way he could make sure his son got to know his own child, after the coronavirus pandemic shut down in-person visits to the jail.