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 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...
by Jon Terry | Dec 7, 2012 | Sustainability
Colorado ranks fifth nationwide in the amount of solar power generated. New renewable-energy technologies (as well as a state mandate that Colorado’s investor-owned utilities get 30 percent of their power from renewable resources by 2020) boost Colorado’s production...