Colorado

Idaho National Laboratory
Colorado PUC Hears Pros, Cons of Reconductoring
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission heard about the pros and cons of reconductoring during an informational meeting.
Xcel Energy
Xcel Seeks Extension for Comanche Coal Plant from Colorado Regulators
Public Service Company of Colorado and the Polis administration want to keep Unit 2 of the coal-fired Comanche Generating Station running a year longer than planned.
JIRSA Hedrick
Split Colo. PUC Approves Xcel Energy’s Markets+ Application
The Colorado PUC issued a split decision approving Public Service Company of Colorado’s application to join SPP’s Markets+, finding that market participation is in the public interest and will “provide a number of benefits.”
PSCo
Xcel Battles Colo. Counties over Transmission Project
Xcel Energy is fighting two counties that are blocking a segment of the company’s Colorado’s Power Pathway transmission project. 
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
Tri-State Seeks FERC Approval for Data Center Load Tariff
Tri-State G&T is seeking FERC’s approval for a new tariff designed to manage the heavy volume of data center load expected to materialize in its member utilities’ service territories over the next decade.
Shutterstock
Tri-State Plan Includes Renewables, Batteries and Gas
Colorado regulators have approved Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s plan to add 1,657 MW of new resources from 2026 to 2031, despite objections about the inclusion of a new natural gas plant.
Colorado PUC
Colorado Commissioners Spar Over PSCo’s Markets+ Choice
Members of the Colorado PUC expressed differing opinions on whether PSCo joining Markets+ would be in the public interest.
SPP
Panel Approves SPP Markets+ Phase 2 Governance Transition

The panel of SPP board members overseeing the development of Markets+ has approved the governance transition plan for the construction phase of the day-ahead market. 

AARoads
New Colo. Law to Streamline Siting of Tx Lines Along Highways

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill that proponents say will streamline the building of new transmission lines within state highway rights-of-way.

Xcel Energy
Xcel ‘Optimistic’ It Will Handle Tariffs, Trade War
Xcel CEO Bob Frenzel tried to reassure the investment community that the company is better prepared for a trade war and President Trump's tariffs during a first-quarter earnings call.

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