Energy and Mining in Colorado

Analyst: Colo. gas industry hurt by permit process
09/18/2009
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Colorado's natural gas industry has suffered because of the length of time it takes to grant permits, prompting companies to focus on drilling in other states, an

Boulder company fined over project involving Cuba
09/17/2009 - A Boulder-based company has been fined by a federal judge for "trading with the enemy."

GAO: Drilling rules stretched in West
09/17/2009 - The federal Bureau of Land Management failed to follow the law and its own guidelines in issuing some of the 6,525 exclusions that enabled oil and gas drilling in the West without environmental impact studies, according to a government audit.

Xcel seeking rate increase
09/16/2009 - Xcel Energy, responding to a jump in natural-gas prices, is seeking an additional $12.8 million in rate adjustments to cover increased energy costs.

Coal-plant discharges to face limit
09/16/2009 - The Environmental Protection Agency plans to limit the quantity of toxic metals that coal-fired power plants are allowed to release into waterways.

Xcel rate hike to pay for doughnuts? - 09/11/2009

Xcel rate request heads for cut - 09/10/2009

Boulder's SmartGridCity brings Xcel up to speed on electric picture - 09/09/2009

Tri-State OKs $142 million to boost electrical-transmission network - 09/05/2009

BP reports huge oil find in Gulf of Mexico - 09/03/2009

Roan Plateau wells could exceed 3,000 - 09/02/2009

Vestas backs its $1 billion worth of wind projects in Colorado - 09/02/2009

Indictments issued over '07 Georgetown plant deaths - 08/28/2009

Xcel to use solar in coal plant - 08/28/2009

Xcel disconnections surge in Colorado - 08/19/2009

Attorney says Salazar could yank oil, gas leases - 08/18/2009

Six Colorado schools will be given turbines - 08/13/2009

Exxon-Mobil pleads guilty to bird-treaty violations - 08/13/2009

Frederick firm gets $45.1 million toward electric cars - 08/12/2009

US to return $2.4 million in stolen oil money - 08/11/2009

Xcel rate-hike plan slammed at PUC - 08/06/2009

Oil prices on uphill course - 08/05/2009

Political fracture over oil extraction affects Colorado - 08/02/2009

2 Colorado firms reap venture-capital funds - 07/30/2009

Colorado issues 2,885 oil, gas drilling permits - 07/29/2009

Xcel's proposal would cut savings from solar - 07/29/2009

Xcel proposes "backup power" fee for solar homes - 07/25/2009

Newmont Mining 2Q profit slides 40 percent - 07/23/2009

Colo. molybdenum mines ready to ramp up if needed - 07/21/2009

2 mining company workers recovering after bombing - 07/20/2009

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