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 […]
Monthly Utility Bills Could Go Down
April 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Monthly utility bills from XCEL will get smaller over the next three months. XCELl recently stated that it expects monthly utility bills that include both electricity and natural gas to drop about $9.58, or about 9 percent. The wholesale price of natural gas, which XCEL sells to customers for their furnaces and burns to create […]
Solar*Connect Shut Down
February 6, 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 […]
Part 3: The Future of Solar
October 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Colorado consumers and the economy could greatly benefit if home builders had a more predictable and consistent program in place for the widespread installation of solar systems in new subdivisions. A typical homeowner can save more than $40,000 over 30 years by reducing energy bills 50 percent with standard rooftop solar system on an efficient […]
Part 2: New Community Solar Power Systems
October 16, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Community solar is a clean energy plan solution that combines both accessibility and financial sense to the average person or business, and two Xcel community solar power systems, each capable of generating 500 kilowatts of power, have recently opened in Denver. Community solar expands the solar power market to customers who can’t put solar power […]
Part 1: The History of Community Solar
October 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Community solar is the name given to commercial-sized solar power systems in which individuals or businesses can buy or lease individual solar power panels and get credit off their monthly bill for the renewable power generated by the systems. The first system came online in Colorado in 2009, when United Power, an electric cooperative serving […]