Technology has already become an integral part of our lives, and now it is entering the home. Homes today can be equipped with different monitoring and control systems to allow owners to close blinds, lower heat, lock doors and more from their mobile phones. Thermostat – It is easy to forget to turn the thermostat […]
Project Sunroof
March 21, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Google’s Project Sunroof, an online service designed to help homeowners figure out whether installing solar power panels on their rooftops would be a good option, has expanded to include homes in Denver. The website asks for an address and provides basic information about the size, scope, and potential cost of adding a solar power system […]
Wind Generation Records
November 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Xcel is the nation’s largest utility wind power provider and has set new records for single-day and one-hour wind-energy production in Colorado. For the first time on October 2, wind generation supplied more than half of its Colorado customers’ energy, averaging 54 percent. Almost all of that wind energy was produced within Colorado. Xcel also set a new […]
Lower Heating Bills
October 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
As fall and winter gradually approach, it may cost lower to heat your home this year. Natural gas prices were at about $3.20 per thousand cubic feet earlier this year and haven’t been above $3 in the last three months. This translates to upcoming monthly heating bills likely being a lot smaller compared to last […]
Colorado’s Wind Power Rankings
October 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
According to new reports from the U.S. Department of Energy, Colorado ranks 7th nationally for wind-power generation capacity installed in 2014, and 10th for total wind power installed through last year. Colorado had 261 megawatts of wind-driven energy production capacity installed last year, roughly the equivalent of the power needed to serve 69,600 typical homes. […]
Solar*Connect Shutdown
October 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Solar*Connect (XCEL’s solar power program that would have allowed customers to pay a premium on their monthly utility bills to support solar energy) has officially been shut down by Colorado utility regulators. The utility planned to allow customers to buy blocks of solar power equal to a percentage of their monthly power usage, from 25 […]
Solar Loan Market Exploding
October 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment
According to a new study by GTM (Greentech Media) Research, thousands of solar power panels were installed on home rooftops in 2014, but very few of them were owned by the homeowners. About 72 percent of the 1.2 gigawatts worth of solar power panels installed on residential rooftops were owned by third parties, with homeowners […]
Solar Rewards Update
October 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Xcel Energy is adding nearly 30 megawatts of solar power to its Colorado operations via its Solar*Rewards Community program. These projects are larger, commercial-sized solar power projects that allow individual businesses, nonprofits or people to buy or lease a portion of the project and get credit for the solar power on their monthly utility bills. […]
Leading Locations Report
September 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Area Development magazine rates Denver the best metro area in the nation for economic development and jobs. Three other Colorado cities placed in the top 20. The 2015 “Leading Locations” report compares 375 U.S. metro statistical areas on creating jobs and nurturing sustainable economic development. The cities were evaluated based on three categories: Skilled, well-qualified […]