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RTD chief says commuter-rail gates are safe, warns against more delays
The Denver-area's Regional Transportation District, and its private contractor Denver Transit Partners, have been working on the crossing gates' systems for nearly two years.
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Hickenlooper rolls out plan to spur use of electric vehicles in Colorado
Colorado’s plan to boost the use of electric vehicles includes investment in fast chargers, vehicles and signs, Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday in unveiling the plan. Some of the money will come...
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Federal tax overhaul should mean a refund for utility customers, Colorado...
“This is a huge, huge benefit to the utilities,” said Colorado Public Utilities Commissioner Frances Koncilja.
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Federal energy regulator talks coal, renewables and the future of pipelines
“We’re hoping that 2018 is way less weird."
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OSHA cites Anadarko, 3 other companies, in fatal Colorado explosion
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and three other companies involved in the fatal explosion of a storage tank in May 2017 in Mead face $70,711 in proposed penalties, according to the Occupational Safety and...
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Leaked draft of Trump’s infrastructure plan would leave Colorado behind, says...
A leaked draft of President Donald Trump’s long-awaited plan to boost infrastructure spending nationwide has some bad news for Colorado. The six-page draft proposal — obtained this week by Politico...
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A regional approach to power: Federal regulator talks of energy’s future in...
The visit came after Cheryl LaFleur and other FERC commissioners blocked a Trump plan to bolster coal and nuclear.
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear controversial case on oil and gas regulation
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday said it will review a controversial ruling by the appeals court last year that could have far-reaching implications for the state’s oil and gas industry. The case...
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Xcel Energy’s plan to shutter 2 coal plants could affect hundreds of jobs
The push to shut the plants down has gathered support.
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Oil and gas bill would make controversial court ruling state policy
A House committee took up a bill that aims to “codify” the language of a controversial legal ruling that’s under review by Colorado’s highest court. Rep. Joe Salazar, the Democrat from Thornton who’s...
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Take3: Behind the scenes: Keeping the Winter Park Express chugging along (Video)
Every weekend, Amtrak’s Winter Park Express ski train is the center of activity before it leaves Denver Union Station at 7 a.m., carrying about 500 passengers to the Colorado high-country ski resort....
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Between runs, there’s ‘a lot to do’ to keep the Winter Park Express ski train...
“When Monday comes, we can take enough time to breath and get things back in order."
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Would a pay-as-you-drive fee for roads work for rural Colorado? CDOT study...
Transportation departments nationwide are looking for new sources of funding.
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RTD names new COO, addresses questions about his background
RTD’s newly hired chief operating officer, Michael Ford, has been praised for his ability to promote mass transit in Michigan, but also is dogged by questions about his spending and his exit from a...
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Powerful changes: Q&A with Xcel’s CEO on the future of coal, wind and solar
"It's fantastic that we can address the risk of climate change ... and do it in such a way that it saves customers’ money," says Ben Fowke.
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Xcel exec says plan to shutter coal plants aims to save money
“It will save customers money, or at least break even, and it will take a third of our coal fleet and move it to renewables."
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Colorado solar jobs on the rise — but that’s not the case nationwide
The nation’s solar power sector lost jobs in 2017 compared to the previous year, but not in Colorado — where the number of people working in the state’s solar power sector jumped by 13 percent. That’s...
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Controversial oil and gas proposal clears House, will sail into rough Senate...
A bill that would make state law based on a controversial court ruling currently under review by the Colorado Supreme Court passed the state House of Representatives today by a 34-30 vote. The...
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One lawsuit dropped against CDOT's $2.35 billion I-70 project, another remains
The project calls for ripping out the crumbling I-70 viaduct across north Denver and expanding the highway.
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Colorado oil and gas officials vote to raise tax on industry
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) on Monday unanimously voted to raise the mill levy on oil and gas production starting April 1.
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