Subject: Utilities Sector

• Smoked

  August 3, 2006

• Rich Tower, Poor Tower

  July 26, 2007

• The Not-so-Sweet Smell of Success

  September 12, 2007

• Sauce for the Coal-Fired Goose?

  January 21, 2008

• Memories of Colorado’s atomic age

  September 17, 2008

• Crossed Wires

  US West mistakenly tries to grab $11,000 from a hapless customer.

  August 6, 1998

• Second-best name for the new football stadium

  June 29, 2000

• Best free service

  June 29, 2000

• Bringing on the Heat

  October 4, 2001

• Wake-Up Call: Stimulate This

  The last time this state's economy went bust, Colorado fought its way back by constructing Denver International Airport. That's not going to be an option this time, Governor Bill Ritter said as he walked along DIA's Concourse B Thursday, off on a fast (less than 24-hour) trip to the East Coast to brief Democratic House members on the New Energy Economy -- right after they listened to Barack Obama describe his stimulus plan. Colorado Republicans have labeled Ritter's quick trip a "junket," bu

  February 9, 2009

• Best Getaway From 1.5 Million Chatfield Park Visitors

  March 25, 2004

• The Meter's Running...

  July 8, 2004

• Turning Water Into Whine

  When Gary Antonoff set up his own private government, the town of Lochbuie got soaked.

  August 20, 1998

• For Colorado's largest power co-op, going green will mean taking down the King of Coal

  April 16, 2009

• What's on Tap?

  June 4, 1998

• Power Outage

  Xcel Energy faces tough financial scrutiny as power companies nationwide feel the heat.

  January 24, 2002

• Pole Position

  Ruby Hill-area residents want to protect their views from eleven-story utility poles, but Xcel thinks it has the juice.

  July 26, 2007

• Green Day

  Red Rocks offers recycling — but only if you trash your seat.

  July 19, 2007

• Spring Fever, Bird Flu

  Catching errant wildlife with the web.

  April 6, 2006

• Purple Haze

  While the State Capitol glows, state residents glower over their Xcel bills.

  January 12, 2006

• Letters to the Editor

  From the week of November 3, 2005

  November 3, 2005

• A Mighty Wind

  The results of Xcel's wind-power program are still in the air.

  October 27, 2005

• Carbon Loading

  Xcel’s solution to rising energy prices includes a lot of coal. Is that a bad thing?

  October 27, 2005

• Respect, Recycled

  A Denver native finds the luster in society’s refuse.

  February 3, 2005

• The Next Bad Thing

  Creeping traffic. Strained schools. Dwindling water. Commuters are flocking to Elbert County for a little bit of country, but there isn't much country left.

  May 6, 2004

• Power to the People

  The answer could be blowing in the wind.

  December 11, 2003

• Mayberry, BFD

  When pollsters start dialing the denizens of a small city, it's all Opie gone bad.

  March 6, 2003

• Free For All

  Highlighting the week's greatest gratis event

  February 27, 2003

• Con Air

  Mile High Telecom promised to be an alternative to Qwest, but the line is going dead.

  February 6, 2003

• A Matter of Trust

  Who paid what to clean up Lowry Landfill? That's confidential.

  April 19, 2001

• The Lowdown on Lowry

  The city thought it had settled any questions about the Lowry Landfill. The truth is a toxic shocker.

  April 12, 2001

• Trickle-Down Economics

  Out on the plains, water is Colorado's most liquid asset.

  October 26, 2000

• Going With the Flow

  As spring melts into summer, water users along the St. Vrain could find themselves up the creek.

  June 22, 2000

• Bells Are Ringing

  US West put service on the line so it could make the deal.

  August 12, 1999

• Blowing Smoke

  Is Public Service coming clean about its clean-air campaign?

  February 5, 1998

• Letters

  December 18, 1997

• Socket to Me

  If Colorado deregulates electricity, Californians will be first in line for the state's cheap power--and Coloradans may get fried.

  December 11, 1997

• Dark Days on Black Mesa

  The Hopi want one of the largest coal mines in North America to stop using their groundwater. If springs and wells dry up, their ancient culture may disappear.

  May 8, 1997

• Fight to the Finish

  The Moffat Tunnel Commission goes out kicking and screaming.

  January 9, 1997

• All Fired Up

  The politicians aren't the only ones packing heat in fast-growing Elbert County.

  December 5, 1996

• The Deal's Disputed Line Item

  August 15, 1996

• Gasoline Alley

  Diamond Shamrock's pipeline isn't built yet, but it's already brought a flammable mixture to Elbert County politics.

  May 2, 1996

• STRINGING HIM ALONG

  WHY DID THIS CUSTOMER'S PHONE LINE LIE ON THE GROUND FOR TWO YEARS UNTIL A STATE WORKER CUT IT? CALL US WEST.

  December 20, 1995

• THREE ACRES AND A DUELWILL THE STATE LOSE OUT ON A PRIME REAL ESTATE DEAL IN SUMMIT COUNTY?

  July 19, 1995

• GETTING THE SHAFT

  WINTER PARK SCHEMES TO ABOLISH THE PESKY MOFFAT TUNNEL COMMISSION.

  January 18, 1995

• HARD TO SWALLOW

  TEN YEARS AFTER QUESTIONS WERE FIRST RAISED ABOUT THE DRINKING WATER IN FRIENDLY HILLS, SCIENTISTS SAY THE STATE IS DROWNING OUT CRUCIAL RESEARCH.

  August 31, 1994

• Behind the scenes at Global Dance Fest with Vista TV

  ​If you're curious about what the annual Global Dance Festival, now in its seventh year, is all about, but have always been afraid to ask, or to go and be surrounded by all those glowsticks and Vicks, you're in luck. Local Internet "lifestyle television" site Vista TV has gone behind the scenes at GDF and brought back an all-access tour of one of Colorado's biggest dance music events. The ten-minute video shows off some of the preparation that goes into the event, takes you into some of th

  August 17, 2009

• Denver gains another wind energy company

  Photo by Bodoklecksel​Denver's burgeoning alternative-energy industry will get a boost this September when formerly Portland, Orgeon-based wind energy company REpower USA Corp. moves its headquarters to Denver. The Denver Business Journal reports that the company, the U.S. subsidiary of German wind-power manufacturer REpower Systems AG, is one of the first to take advantage of the state's new Job Incentive Growth Fund and will relocate or hire 25 employees in the area. It could grow to tw

  August 17, 2009

• Xcel Energy, others accused of OSHA violations in incident that killed five

  ​In October 2007, five employees of RPI Coating Inc. were killed by carbon monoxide generated by a fire at the Cabin Creek Hydro Plant outside Georgetown that's operated by Xcel Energy and Public Service Company of Colorado. Now, a federal grand jury has issued indictments against RPI, Xcel, Public Service and two men for violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules -- actions that may well have contributed to these deaths. It's a case as complicated as it is tragic. Get

  August 28, 2009

• Public Service Company of Colorado responds to Cabin Creek charges

  Tim Taylor.​Just over an hour ago, we told you about a federal grand jury indictment leveled against Xcel Energy, Public Service Company of Colorado, RPI Coating and two individuals over an October 2007 incident at Cabin Creek Hydro Plant near Georgetown in which five workers died. Since then, Public Service Company of Colorado has issued a statement regarding this development. The first section features president and CEO Tim Taylor expressing sympathy for the families of those who lost th

  August 28, 2009