PowerGab

Data center panic is back in Colorado. Can Colorado make the power needs of data centers attractive enough to actually commit to moving and staying here? Is there a simple solution? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more.Show Notes:https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/10/data-center-power-demands-colorado-xcel-tri-state/https://www.advocates4cre.org/

The Sierra Club has commissioned a study about the Ray Nixon Power Plant in Colorado Springs that concludes renewables are less expensive, but is the study accurate? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke dive in and find out.Show Notes:https://bigpivots.com/does-delaying-nixon-retirement-make-sense/https://www.sierraclub.org/colorado/colorado-springs-utilityhttps://coloradosun.com/2025/12/08/coal-study-colorado-springs-utilities-consumer-costs/

The Public Utilities Commission plans to phase out natural gas use for home heating to meet emissions goals, but is this realistic and how would it be possible? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more.Show Notes:Decision on keeping Comanche 2 openhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIfpLJrh4DAhttps://puc.colorado.gov/press-release/fact-sheet-comanche-power-plant-unit-2-retirement-extensionhttps://coloradosun.com/2025/12/04/comanche-2-coal-burning-pueblo-xcel-energy/Clean Heat Planhttps://i2i.org/puc-establishes-new-clean-heat-targets-designed-to-crack-down-on-natural-gas/https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/02/colorado-natural-gas-emissions-caps-xcel/

Energy Co-Ops may list a variety of places that they get their power from, but how does that work and what arrives to the customers? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more.Show Notes:https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/20/colorado-coal-power-comanche-extension/https://bigpivots.com/bryan-hannegan-the-bigger-leagues/https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/17/united-power-electricity-suppliers-wind-solar-battery-energy/

What happens to renewables at the end of their useful life and who is responsible for getting ride of them? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this topic with Executive Director of the Council to Modernize Governance Curtis Schube.Show Notes:Who Pays When Wind Turbines and Solar Panels Wear Out? A Hidden Energy Liabilityhttps://energyanalytics.org/hidden-energy-liability/