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BNSF Railway plans $141 million spending program in Colorado
BNSF Railway Co., one of two main freight railroads in Colorado, will spend about $141 million for maintenance and improvement projects in the state in 2015, the company says. The railroad company...
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Colorado center for manufacturing lands $1.6 million federal grant
Manufacturer's Edge, a program that helps small and midsize manufacturing companies in Colorado stay in business, will get a $1,668,359 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute...
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Denver one of top 10 U.S. cities for electric vehicles
Denver ranks among the top 10 "friendliest metropolitan areas" for drivers of electric vehicles, according to ChargePoint Inc., a California company that runs the world's largest electric vehicle...
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Colorado crude oil getting new pipeline to market
Two major midstream energy companies — Magellan Midstream Partners LP and Plains All American Pipeline LP — are teaming up to build, own and operate a 550-mile crude oil pipeline to ship oil from...
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WPX Energy plans layoffs; Colorado operations hit hard
WPX Energy Inc. said Monday it will lay off about 83 employees companywide, shrinking its workforce by 8 percent, and slash its Denver employee count 90 percent as low commodity prices continue to...
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Colorado tightens regulations on oil and gas wells in flood zones
Oil and gas wells and support equipment located in Colorado floodplains must be built to withstand rushing waters with hardened steel berms and anchors to keep equipment from being swept away under new...
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Higher tolls approved for I-25 express lanes; U.S. 36 decision postponed
State officials on Tuesday approved new tolls for commuters using the Interstate 25 express tolls lanes, but held off on setting rates for the new toll lanes under construction on U.S. 36 between...
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Colorado is spared major spending cuts by Anadarko Petroleum
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said Tuesday it will cut its 2015 capital spending budget by about 33 percent from last year, to between $5.4 billion and $5.8 billion, but cutbacks in Colorado will be less...
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Xcel proposes to raise natural gas rates in Colorado
A week after state regulators approved higher electricity rates for Xcel Energy Inc. in Colorado, the utility on Tuesday filed a request at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission outlining new,...
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Colorado smashes record for oil production
Colorado posted a new record for oil production in 2014, with more than 82.8 million barrels of crude oil pumped from the ground — about 85 percent of it from Weld County oil and natural gas wells,...
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Colorado's in the top 10 for new clean energy jobs, mostly in wind power
Colorado ranked No. 7 nationwide in the number of new clean energy jobs — most of them in the wind power sector — announced in 2014, according to a new report from Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2)....
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Boulder startup connects consumers to energy-saving incentives
Do you wish you knew what gizmos — from thermostats to light bulbs to washer-dryers — are the most energy efficient? And which ones are eligible for rebates from your power utility? How about wishing...
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Judge wants special prosecutor for Colorado resources chief in hunting dispute
A Routt County district judge wants a special prosecutor to pursue allegations that Mike King -- executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and a member of Gov. John...
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Colorado Oil & Gas Association chief Tisha Schuller to step down
Tisha Schuller, president and CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA), will step down as chief of the trade group at the end of May — 5-1/2 years after she took up the helm of one of the...
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CDOT kicks off search for private partner on $1.17 billion I-70 project
A $1.17 billion effort to sink about two miles of Interstate 70 in north Denver, and put a lid on part of it, has drawn the attention of about 150 representatives of construction and engineering firms...
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RTD chief Phil Washington leaving for L.A. transit post
RTD General Manager Phil Washington, who has guided Denver's mass transit agency since 2009 and shepherded its sprawling FasTracks rail project, is leaving, the Denver Business Journal has confirmed....
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RTD board hails outgoing chief Phil Washington, ponders next move
RTD general manager Phil Washington has been a "tremendous asset" to the Denver transit agency, its board chairman said as news of Washington's pending departure spread Wednesday. "He's leaving on his...
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Denver dancer, Mines professor put their heads together and here's what they...
Many professional dancers have long needed slim, flexible, strong protective pads to protect their knees from repeated impacts on the dance floor. Just ask a Denver Nuggets dancer. That need has led to...
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Oil production in Colorado and North America is changing the balance of power...
The boom in oil and natural gas production in North America, largely due to the new technologies of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, is changing the balance of power across the world,...
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Xcel's Colorado customers get a break on bills, thanks to cheaper natural gas
Monthly utility bills from Xcel Energy Inc. will get smaller over the next three months. Xcel (NYSE: XEL) on Monday said it expects monthly utility bills that include both electricity and natural gas...
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