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Wind-minded companies such as the resort negotiate their own deals, getting discounts along the way.
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So far, the Colorado Division of Wildlife has documented more than 70 raptor nests in the project area. Among those species: Swainson's hawks, ferruginous hawks, golden eagles and prairie falcons.
The area, along with the Comanche National Grassland, is recognized by the National Audubon Society as a Colorado site of "global importance," said Ken Strom, Colorado Audubon's director of bird conservation.
Vail looks to wind for power of resorts
August 2, 2006 by Julie Dunn, The Denver Post in Brattleboro Reformer
August 2, 2006 by Julie Dunn, The Denver Post in Brattleboro Reformer
Vail Resorts will not install wind turbines atop its slopes or use direct wind energy to power its chair lifts. Instead, it will purchase from Boulder-based Renewable Choice Energy renewable-energy credits equal to the amount of electricity it uses.
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Lack of transmission capacity slowing wind-energy development
July 22, 2006 in Midland Reporter-Telegram
July 22, 2006 in Midland Reporter-Telegram
there's a missing ingredient that has slowed development of wind power and other renewable energy sources in Colorado and the West: adequate transmission lines.
Where the wind tends to blow, there is little population that would be served by wind energy. To move the wind power to populous metro areas requires steep investments by wind-farm developers. High-power lines can cost from $300,000 to $1 million per mile to build.
Colorado has emerged as one of the leading states in developing renewable energy resources, according to a Pew Center on Global Climate Change study.
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PPM Energy, ScottishPower's competitive U.S. energy business, will begin construction this fall on the 75-megawatt (MW) Twin Buttes Wind Power Project in southeastern Colorado. And in Oregon, PPM just announced construction of the 100 MW Leaning Juniper Wind Project near Arlington, which is expected to be commercially operational later this year.
Second wind farm planned for Southeastern Colorado
May 25, 2006 by Anthony A. Mestas in The Pueblo Chieftain
May 25, 2006 by Anthony A. Mestas in The Pueblo Chieftain
Construction is scheduled for completion by the end of 2007.
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The increase is necessary because the Windsource program was designed for customers who want to pay premium rates in order to promote green energy, Stutz said.
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The governor also notified lawmakers Monday he was letting a bill aimed at boosting wind-energy production in Colorado become law without his signature.
House Bill 1275, sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, changes the method of taxing wind farms from a business tax based on the value of equipment that depreciates over time to a production tax that levelizes the revenue stream to counties over a 20-year period.
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A new coal-burning electricity plant is under construction in Pueblo.
To the north, in Frederick, work is under way on another electricity plant, this one fired by natural gas.
Solar and wind farms are cropping up in Lamar, Peetz, Grover and the San Luis Valley.
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Wind farm tax bill heads to governor's desk
April 15, 2006 by K.C. Mason in Journal-Advocate (excerpt)
April 15, 2006 by K.C. Mason in Journal-Advocate (excerpt)
DENVER - A bill changing the method of taxing wind turbines in an attempt to lure more windfarm companies to northeastern Colorado is expected to reach the governor's desk in the next few days.
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Assessor Wyatt counters claim regarding proposed House Bill amendment
April 4, 2006 by Mary Breslin in Lamar Daily News
April 4, 2006 by Mary Breslin in Lamar Daily News
Prowers County Assessor, Andy Wyatt, got an unpleasant surprise on Thursday, March 30, when he read the Pueblo Chieftain story headlined, "Lawmaker challenges wind farm legislation." According to the story, an amendment tacked onto House Bill 1275, "at the behest of Prowers County Assessor Andy Wyatt" would potentially make the bill unconstitutional.
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DENVER -- Concerns about the constitutionality of a bill aimed at luring wind farms to northeast Colorado forced Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, to postpone a final Senate vote Thursday.
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Peetz Plateau becoming an alternative-energy Mecca
March 30, 2006 by Carol Barrett in Journal Advocate
March 30, 2006 by Carol Barrett in Journal Advocate
PEETZ - The blades of 40 enormous new turbines are now turning steadily in the winds east of here.
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DENVER - A Grand Junction lawmaker is raising constitutionality questions about a bill that would change the way wind farms are taxed because it includes an exemption for existing ones.
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Green energy, utilities agency clash - Rules to put ballot measure in place cause friction
March 23, 2006 by Joe Hanel in Durango Herald
March 23, 2006 by Joe Hanel in Durango Herald
DENVER - Renewable-energy advocates accused the state of doing the bare minimum to promote wind and solar power in its new rules.
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Two bills key to Colorado's economic development continued to move through the House of Representatives on March 15, according to the Legislature.
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DENVER - A House committee unanimously approved a measure that requires county assessors to tax wind farms based on how much income they generate, rather than the equipment they use.
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DENVER -- The state property tax administrator annually would determine the amount of a production tax to be paid by new wind farms under a bill that won unanimous approval Thursday in the Colorado House Finance Committee.
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Western Colorado is poised to make a significant contribution to the nation's energy independence, said Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton, who spoke to a capacity crowd at the Energy Forum and Expo Friday in Grand Junction.
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