Colorado

Whilemajor citiesand municipalities across the country have taken steps to phase out natural gas in various ways, Colorado’s Protect Colorado is collecting signatures for a ballot initiative to ensure consumer choice for energy is protected.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) on Wednesday adopted protective wellbore integrity rules that Gov. Jared Polis called “the most protective standards in the nation in terms of protecting groundwater in the development of oil and gas.”

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) on Wednesday adopted protective wellbore integrity rules that Gov. Jared Polis called “the most protective standards in the nation in terms of protecting groundwater in the development of oil and gas.”

Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy, Colorado’s two investor-owned utilities, filed applications last week seeking to support plans for widespread electrification of transportation.

Boulder’s Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has extended the existing moratorium on accepting and processing new oil and gas development applications and on seismic testing to July 31.

Low natural gas prices helped further Xcel Energy in its quest to deliver 100% carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050, with the utility recording its largest single-year decline in emissions in 2019.

A Colorado regulatory judge has recommended Black Hills Corp.’s multi-state efforts to consolidate natural gas operations into a single utility be denied.

Six would-be ballot measures aimed at restricting oil and natural gas development were submitted to the Colorado Secretary of State on Tuesday by an anti-drilling group that sponsored a failed measure in 2018.

Colorado regulators on Thursday moved to expand oversight on oil and natural gas wellsites by proposing to step up inspections and place limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.