Is Colorado running out of water? Is it a natural issue or is there bad policy to blame? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this with national conservation policy leader Greg Walcher.Show Notes:https://gregwalcher.comhttps://i2i.org/where-life-is-written-in-water/https://completecolorado.com/2025/08/04/everybody-knows-fix-for-colorado-river/https://completecolorado.com/2025/07/17/tax-funded-colorado-river-studies-ignore-federal-mismanagement/
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Last Minute Subsidies
Expiring renewables subsidies have put the Colorado PUC into a frenzy to try and qualify and spend for new infrastructure. But will this hastiness work out, or are there additional considerations that will affect rate payers? PowerGab hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more.Show Notes:https://coloradosun.com/2025/08/18/colorado-xcel-data-center-demand-spending/https://coloradosun.com/2025/08/28/xcel-enery-solar-wind-projects-tax-credits-colorado/
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Forced Electrification
Colorado regulators' push to electrification has a cost, and it exceeds the 2.5% raise in rates... by a HUGE amount. PowerGab hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss what this will entail, how much it will likely end up costing, and if there's anything you can do to stop it.Show Notes:Colorado’s costly home heating planXcel Energy Clean Heat Plan https://www.aoenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Hearing-Exhibit-101-Attachment-JWI-1.pdfBlack Hills Clean Heat Plan https://www.aoenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Black-Hills-Clean-Heat-Plan-2024-2028-.pdfAtmos Clean Heat Plan https://www.aoenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Atmos-Clean-Heat-Plan-2024-2028.pdfNotice Proposed Rule making includes instructions on when and where to submit comments (See highlighted section on the last two pages) https://www.aoenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/C25-0517_25R-0309G_Open-NOPR.pdf
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Powerplant Foreclosure
Does the EPA have the authority over one of Colorado's most reliable coal power plants, and whether or not it stays open? PowerGab hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more.Show Notes:OBBBhttps://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/regulation/the-big-beautiful-bill-is-a-big-win-for-american-energy/https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-market-distorting-subsidies-for-unreliable-foreign%E2%80%91controlled-energy-sources/https://www.cpr.org/2025/07/03/congress-passes-trump-big-beautiful-bill/EPA and CSU’s Ray Nixon coal-fired power planthttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/16/2025-13342/air-plan-partial-approval-and-partial-disapproval-colorado-regional-haze-plan-for-the-secondhttps://www.cpr.org/2025/07/16/epa-moves-to-reject-colorado-plan-to-close-coal-power-plants/
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Elbert Co vs Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy's upcoming energy project has transmission lines that cut across Elbert County in Colorado. However, some local residents have not agreed to let them, causing a threat of eminent domain and a court battle. PowerGab hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke talk with Elbert County Environmental Alliance member Kerry Jiblits. Show Notes:https://www.ecealliance.orghttps://www.denver7.com/follow-up/elbert-county-commissioners-deny-permits-for-xcel-energys-power-pole-projecthttps://www.elbertcounty-co.gov/615/Xcel-Energy---Colorados-Power-Pathway-Pr
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