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Utilities Sector

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Photos: Denver recycling plant now welcomes food and beverage cartons

    Denver's regional recycling plant is not a good place to lose your car keys. It is, however, a good place to get rid of old cartons. After five years spent educating the city not to do just that, Denver Public Works announced today that it now has the capability to recycle more containers than just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Fracking: Congress needs to drill into the issue, says Diana DeGette

    Diana DeGette.​As reported in this space on Friday, a new study from Common Cause tracks how oil and gas interests spent $747 million on lobbying and campaign donations since 2001 to win congressional support for "fracking," hydraulic fracturing drilling methods that involve using toxic chemic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Denver Water unanimously approves 5.5 percent rate hike

    While (appropriately) pouring over glasses of ice water at their meeting this morning, the members of the Denver Water Board voted unanimously to support a 5.5 percent hike in the city's water rates. After four months of public discussion, the decision comes as a direct result of analysis indicating ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Taxi controversy: Mile High Cab to fight Public Utilities Commission rejection in court

    ​The November feature story "Mean Streets" detailed how frustrated taxi drivers, faced with alleged discrimination and abuse, have spent years asking the state's Public Utilities Commission to let them launch a company of their own, Mile High Cab. In January, the PUC rejected Mile High's last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Mile High Cab: Is next stop court after Public Utilities Commission kills application?

    ​The November feature story "Mean Streets" detailed how frustrated taxi drivers, faced with alleged discrimination and abuse have spent years asking the state's Public Utilities Commission to let them launch a company of their own, Mile High Cab. Last week that battle came to an end, with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Taxicab regulations: Senator Ted Harvey introduces bill to deregulate industry

    ​The November cover story "Mean Streets" revealed allegations of discrimination and abuse at Yellow Cab, the city's oldest taxi company, and detailed how attempts to launch alternative companies have been stymied by Colorado's restrictive taxi regulations. That may change, however, since Senat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Mile High Cab appeals denial of cab-company application by Public Utility Commission

    ​The November feature story "Mean Streets" detailed how frustrated taxi drivers had been attempting to launch company of their own, Mile High Cab, since September 2008. The process culminated in a Public Utilities Commission ruling two months ago that rejected the attempt -- but the drivers we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Reader: The free cab program is great -- until you try to find a taxi

    Not a common sight in LoDo​Our hat's off to Denver attorney Michael Sawaya, whose law firm offered free taxi rides through the holiday season -- for the fourth year running! -- to drinkers who realize they shouldn't drive. There's just one roadblock to the project, as reveler blizzardo points ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Phil Anschutz stays silent through a Forbes feature -- but it says plenty, anyway

    Phil Anschutz​Phil Anschutz, labeled "one of the most secretive moguls in America" by Forbes, nevertheless was the focus of a major profile in the business magazine recently -- even if the author never got to interview Anschutz himself.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Xcel's move away from coal: One step ahead of the feds?

    Xcel's coal-fired Comanche plant.​Xcel's evolving proposal to retire several aged coal-fired power plants to comply with a tough new Colorado law has been hailed as bold and innovative. But similar plans may soon be cropping up around the country as utilities face a new round of federal antipo ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Letters: "Kids should not be anywhere near that monstrosity"

    Xcel's coal-fired Comanche plant.​Xcel's evolving proposal to retire several aged coal-fired power plants to comply with a tough new Colorado law has been hailed as bold and innovative. But similar plans may soon be cropping up around the country as utilities face a new round of federal antipo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Xcel clean energy plan: Poll shows wide support for dumping coal plants

    Pete Maysmith​Xcel Energy's proposal to spend $1.3 billion to convert several of its aging, high-polluting coal plants to natural gas over the next decade in response to a new state law is drawing fire from coal interest and independent gas producers, but it's a big hit with Colorado citizens ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Denver's compost program rises, bit by juicy bit, from the scrap heap

    A Flickr photo​A few months back, Joel Warner reported on the shutdown of Denver's compost collection pilot program due to the budget crunch, followed by its resurrection as a fee-based program. How's that working out? Like the compost process itself, slooowly.

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Hermaphrodite fish? CU's David Norris on how chemicals can bend creek life genders

    Male? Female? Both?​We tend to think of water treatment safety in terms of potential harm to people. But CU-Boulder professor David Norris is also concerned about humans' impact on fish -- specifically the way chemicals we either dump out or excrete may be feminizing male fish, or creating on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Aaron Million provides list of users for his 550-mile pipe dream

    Million's lined up users for his pipe dream.​As we noted in a November feature, Fort Collins entrepreneur Aaron Million plans to solve some of Colorado's water woes courtesy of a 550-mile pipeline that would pump water from the Green River in Wyoming to thirsty water users along the Front Rang ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 Germa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: The week's looking up -- way up

    ​The sky's the limit this week. Or is it? From a discussion of the view at Coors Field to consideration of a proposed DIA expansion to conventions including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the fortieth annual international UFO Symposium, things are looking up -- way ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    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 ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    Denver discovers the difference between art and vandalism

    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 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2008

    Who Gives a Dam?

    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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2007

    The Not-so-Sweet Smell of Success

    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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    A Ruby Hill Agreement?

    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 ... More >>

  • News

    April 6, 2006

    Spring Fever, Bird Flu

    Catching errant wildlife with the web.

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    Soiled

    Did a story about contaminated waste play dirty?

  • People & Places

    March 24, 2005

    Best Graffiti Magnet

    Gates Rubber

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2005

    Respect, Recycled

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

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 25, 2004

    Best Getaway From 1.5 Million Chatfield Park Visitors

    Waterton Canyon

  • News

    February 13, 2003

    Follow That Story

    Do Not Pass Go

  • News

    May 30, 2002

    Divining Intervention

    Skeptics say dowsers are all wet. But Greg Storozuk believes.

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    Bringing on the Heat

    The price of natural gas has been on a cycle for years.

  • Calendar

    March 29, 2001

    Best Festival Dedicated to Electrical Power

    Telluride Tech Festival

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Trickle-Down Economics

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

  • News

    July 13, 2000

    Many Happy Returns

    Paul Zentgraf offers you greetings! and salutations!

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Second-best name for the new football stadium

    Qwest Stadium

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best reuse of a sewage plant

    Northside Park, Globeville

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best Xeriscape handbooks

    Denver Water Department www.denverwater.org

  • News

    August 12, 1999

    Bells Are Ringing

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

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    Disconnected

    As US West pulls strings at the legislature, it could cut the lines to competition.

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    Off Limits

    As US West pulls strings at the legislature, it could cut the lines to competition.

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    Turning Water Into Whine

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

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    Off Limits

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

  • News

    December 25, 1997

    Fight the Power

    Public Service's juiced-up power lines to Park Meadows spark a lawsuit.

  • News

    July 24, 1997

    Sister Sludge

    Activist Adrienne Anderson stirs up the sewage board with a warning on plutonium.

  • News

    December 5, 1996

    All Fired Up

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

  • News

    November 7, 1996

    Circling the Wagons

    Consumer groups are banding together to fight off US West's rate hikes.

  • News

    October 3, 1996

    Hide and Seek

    US West's game: keep its service record hidden from public view while charging the public more money.

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Power Play

    While Public Service execs enjoy a soft landing, employees face a hard future.

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    The Deal's Disputed Line Item

    While Public Service execs enjoy a soft landing, employees face a hard future.

  • News

    December 20, 1995

    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.

  • News

    January 18, 1995

    GETTING THE SHAFT

    WINTER PARK SCHEMES TO ABOLISH THE PESKY MOFFAT TUNNEL COMMISSION.

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