by Jon Terry | Oct 14, 2015 | Blog, Green Home Tips, Home Owner Energy Tips, Sustainability
Solar*Connect (XCEL’s solar power program that would have allowed customers to pay a premium on their monthly utility bills to support solar energy) has officially been shut down by Colorado utility regulators. The utility planned to allow customers to buy blocks of...
by Jon Terry | Oct 12, 2015 | Blog, Green Home Tips, Home Owner Energy Tips, Sustainability
According to a new study by GTM (Greentech Media) Research, thousands of solar power panels were installed on home rooftops in 2014, but very few of them were owned by the homeowners. About 72 percent of the 1.2 gigawatts worth of solar power panels installed on...
by Jon Terry | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, Buying A Home, Foreclosure, Investments, Rankings, Sustainability
Denver’s housing market is leading the nation in a variety of categories. Homes here sell faster than homes in any other market, the market leads the country in rising home prices, and the housing inventory here is as low as any other place in the country. In...
by Jon Terry | Oct 7, 2015 | Blog, Buying A Home, Buying in a Recession, Colorado Living, The Economy
Denver is at the top of many rankings for its business and economic climate, so it’s not too surprising to find it near the top of yet another. According to a new WalletHub report that compares 150 of the largest U.S. cities across 17 metrics in two categories,...
by Jon Terry | Oct 5, 2015 | Blog, Colorado Living, Construction/Maintenance, Green Home Tips, Home Owner Energy Tips
Xcel Energy is adding nearly 30 megawatts of solar power to its Colorado operations via its Solar*Rewards Community program. These projects are larger, commercial-sized solar power projects that allow individual businesses, nonprofits or people to buy or lease a...
