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One of the lawyers behind Boulder's climate lawsuit admits the plan is to make your energy more expensive. PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more. Show Notes: PUC commissioners meeting  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWe0AL0bdUQ Black Hills survey https://www.blackhillsenergy.com/fuel-future/colorado-perspectives-electrification Boulder’s climate lawsuit is a backdo...

Advances in nuclear energy over the years have lead to a new popularity with states once again adopting it. But will Colorado be able to get over its storied past with nuclear? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more. Show Notes: https://daily.gazette.com/article/281479282621643 https://www.denverpost.com/2025/10/13/colorado-nuclear-power-energy/

Colorado's forced electrification mandates are heating up... but are the new performance standards just a fancy way of saying it's a natural gas ban? And will it save or cost money, and to who? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more. Show Notes: https://www.spglobal.com/market-intelligence/en/news-insights/articles/2025/10/colo-officials-ask-court-to-toss-fresh-challenge-...

In a continuing saga, Xcel Energy has asked the court to throw out public hearings so they can take land from residents in Elbert and surrounding counties. PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this, along with the Trump administration opening up public land in Colorado for oil and gas development. Show Notes:   https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/02/xcel-energy-power-pathways-elbert...

A new study shows that Colorado's future energy plan is going to be unreliable, inadequate, and expensive. PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more. Show Notes: Hydrogen study:  https://i2i.org/colorados-green-hydrogen-boondoggle/ Colorado Energy Compact:  https://mailchi.mp/0f77622fbb40/colorado-energy-compact-release?fbclid=IwY2xjawNCeoVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFm...

What are the so-called stakeholders at the public utility commission saying about the Polis' Administration's plan to force electrification through rule making? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more. Show Notes: https://i2i.org/independence-institute-tells-the-public-utilities-commission-to-reconsider-forced-electrification-rulemaking/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/Docket...

XCel's attempt to shutdown one of its power plants has Pueblo residents up in arms. Why? For charging them to build a power plant and then trash it. PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more. Show Notes: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/no-just-transition-pueblo-county-asks-trump-to-keep-comanche-plants-open-indefinitely/ar-AA1LPc36 https://coloradosun.com/2025/...

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.com https://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...

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://coloradosu...

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 plan Xcel Energy Clean Heat Plan  https://www.aoenergy.org/wp-content/uplo...

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: OBBB https://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-sub...

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.org https://www.denver7.com/follow...

Colorado has a long history with nuclear energy... some of it good and some of it not so good. PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke have a conversation with US Navy Nuclear Propulsion Veteran Nathan Stout about that history and how it impacts energy policy today. Show Notes: https://i2i.org/a-critical-look-at-nuclear-energy-in-colorado-overcoming-our-past-to-secure-our-future/

A declining Colorado economy is beginning to have consequences against many of its own climate goals. What's behind this and what tax credits are going away? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more. Show Notes: https://coloradosun.com/2025/06/19/colorado-green-tax-credits-cut-economic-forecast/ https://coloradosun.com/2025/06/25/colorado-clean-energy-project-cancellations/

Are green energy sources as economically friendly as they are being portrayed? Or are there other factors that make them not quite as green-friendly as marketed? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this with Sarah Montalbano from the Center of the American Experiment. Show Notes: https://files.americanexperiment.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Shattered-Green-Dreams.pdf?v=1750106281&...

Colorado's clean energy goals are turning out to have a high price tag. Is there a point and when will the Public Utilities Commission fight for ratepayers' rights? PowerGab Hosts Jake Foglem and Amy Cooke discuss this topic and more with David Thielen of Liberal and Loving It. Show Notes: https://liberalandlovingit.substack.com https://coloradopuc24a0442e.substack.com/cp/165908249 https://liberal...

Regular listeners to PowerGab are encouraged to get a power generator. One listener not only took the advice, but they decided to make their own. Cory Gaines from the Colorado Accountability Project tells PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke just how he did it. Show Notes: https://coloradoaccountabilityproject.substack.com

Some Colorado News Publications have a particular framing on energy stories in the state. Is there a bias and what way does it lean? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this with Cory Gaines from the Colorado Accountability Project. Show Notes: https://coloradoaccountabilityproject.substack.com https://coloradoaccountabilityproject.substack.com/p/the-colorado-suns-disingenuous-repor...

Rogue surveillance devices have been discovered on Chinese made solar panels and batteries in the United States. Who is in control of your power? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this along with Xcel's new time of use rate proposal and tax dollars being funneled to partisan groups. Show Notes: https://www.cpr.org/2025/05/20/xcel-peak-use-electricity-rates-spike/ https://www.utili...

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill has just passed Congress and is on its way to the Senate. This will gut renewable energy subsidies, but will that end up saving Coloradans on their energy bills? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more. Show Notes: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/house-gop-budget-worse-than-feared-for-clean-energy-analysts/748862/ https://www.utilitydive.com/new...

The Colorado Supreme Court has just allowed Boulder's lawsuit against big oil to move forward. Does the lawsuit have any merit, does it stand a chance, and what does it mean for Colorado? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more. Show Notes: https://www.broomfieldenterprise.com/2025/05/15/erie-sets-course-for-zero-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-2030/ https://www.chaffeecountyt...

A Colorado Energy policymaker's Op Ed in a local newspaper touts a market driven approach for energy in the state. But is that even close to true? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke reveal another look at Colorado's Energy Policy as well discuss some legislation updates. Show Notes: https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/24/jared-polis-plan-speed-up-colorado-emissions-reductions/ https://colorado...

Can renewable energy resources experience full grid blackouts? Spain relies heavily on renewable energy and just experienced a countrywide black out. PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke interview Kenny Stein of the Institute of Energy Research and Mitch Rolling of Always On Energy Research to find out what happened and if there is a way to prevent it. Show Notes: https://www.instituteforene...

New executive orders challenge Colorado's renewable goals. How will these orders affect the state, does Colorado need to comply, and are the renewable goals that Colorado has even capable of handling the power needs? PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this and more. Show Notes: https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/14/colorado-oil-and-gas-lawsuit-trump-order/ https://coloradosun.com/2025...

A new legislative bill in Colorado aims to incentivize data centers with money from the taxpayers. PowerGab Hosts Jake Fogleman and Amy Cooke discuss this bill, its progress, and what it would mean for Coloradans. Show Notes: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_280_01.pdf