Colorado Seeks to Increase Coop Renewable Power Target
Posted on Apr 9, 2013 in Climate Change, Litigation, Regulation & Policy, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Colorado Seeks to Increase Coop Renewable Power Target
A Colorado state committee approved legislation this week that would require that 25 percent of Colorado’s electric coop electricity come from renewable sources by 2020. Investor-owned utilities in the state — Xcel Energy Inc. and Black Hills Energy — must by state law generate 30 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020. Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and rural electric coop officials sought to block the legislation in its current form, stating that the 25 percent target by 2020 was not feasible. For more on this story, click here.
