If Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's New Energy Economy received the same scrutiny as Toyota or Tiger Woods, Coloradans would realize that renewable energy has actually amplified the metro area's air pollution.

The promise of the New Energy Economy is a world that uses less fossil fuel; a world forever powered by renewable energy such as wind and solar. A world with cleaner air than what we breathe now. Ritter never imagined that his vision would actually produce the opposite result.

Public Service Co. of Colorado (a subsidiary of Xcel Energy) was initially opposed to a renewable energy mandate approved by voters in 2004. Their opposition to Amendment 37 has morphed into a current reality where Public Service utilizes more wind in its average hourly electric generation portfolio than any other utility in our country.

The unpredictable nature of wind forces Public Service to cycle its coal-fired electric generation plants to keep the electric... [continue via Web link]