Reducing CO2 in Colorado with flexible demand, using renewables when they are available, would likely result in doing much better, much faster. How do we get there? Join us for a provocative and informative talk from Dr. Ron Sinton, founder of Sinton Instruments, a local solar energy company.
Join us as Dr. Peter Lilienthal, Global Microgrid Lead for UL, LLC and a member of the Advisory Panel for the City of Boulder’s Partnership with Xcel Energy, gives us his informed opinion of the recently-released Colorado Energy Office Microgrid Roadmap.
Join us as we hear from John Farrell, 'the guru of distributed energy' and a leading authority on the downside of investor owned utilities. He will touch on Boulder's 2025 "Offramp" (an option to get out of the Xcel franchise) and what taking the offramp might offer in the way of opportunities for local control and cleaner power.
A rare opportunity to hear from Commission Chair Eric Blank, a lawyer and economist from Boulder, who has worked on electric utility and clean energy issues for over 35 years in a diverse range of entrepreneurial, business, and non-profit settings. This discussion will be led by Paul Culnan of Third Act Colorado (and Empower Our Future).
How venting and flaring continue to take a toll on clean air and our climate and what is being done about it. Jeremy is a specialist in campaign strategy and leveraging the law to drive social and environmental change, Jeremy Nichols is particularly fond of the Clean Air Act and the law's ability to empower citizens and communities to successfully confront polluters. Jeremy currently works as a Senior Advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity's Environmental Health Program.
Should a utility be required to provide a basic amount of electricity to low-income customers at cost?
Is the high level of financial return allowed to an investor-owned utility justified by its low level of business risk?
How might consumers and the environment benefit from an update and clarification from the legislature of the definition of "public interest" that guides the PUC?
How much influence do ordinary non-expert citizens have at the PUC? What is helpful for the commissioners to hear? How should one prepare?
Microgrids offer the promise of resilience, load flexibility, increased renewable energy production and financial benefits. Why do franchise rules tend to prevent microgrids? Can legislation be crafted to allow for resource sharing, reducing the barriers to microgrid adoption? Where are there models that we could look to for inspiration?
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