Mark Jaffe
Energy Writer at Freelance
Energy Writer at The Colorado Sun
Colorado Sun energy writer keeping on eye on the the sun, wind and what's below ground while hiking up peaks and skiing down slopes. Former Denver Postie
Articles
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4 days ago |
coloradosun.com | Mark Jaffe
KIOWA — Colorado 86 runs across Elbert County’s rolling prairies and pastures, verdant after the spring rains and dotted with grazing cattle and horses, but as bucolic as the scene is this is a battleground pitting ranchers and landowners against Xcel Energy. The point of contention is Xcel Energy’s plan to build a segment of its $1.7 billion Colorado Power Pathway transmission line along the highway and through the heart of the county.
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2 weeks ago |
coloradosun.com | Mark Jaffe
Two southern Weld County communities are trying a novel strategy to force oil and gas operator K.P. Kauffman to plug old wells that they say are a potential threat to safety and an obstacle to development. The town of Frederick and its Carbon Valley neighbor, Dacono, are using a revised section of the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission’s rules to petition for the commission to order the company, known as KPK, to plug and abandon 45 wells.
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2 weeks ago |
deltacountyindependent.com | Mark Jaffe
When it comes to electricity markets and transmission, the West has been wild — the largest region in the country without a wholesale electricity market or a regional grid operator to oversee it. Now, not one but two regional operators are racing across the West signing up utilities to create new markets. kAmuC@> E96 t2DE[ E96 {:EE=6 #@4<[ pC<2?D2D\32D65 $@FE9H6DE !@H6C !@@=[ @C $!
A story oft repeated. I used Twitter as a reporting tool to connect on environmental and energy issues and to folo other journalists, but my feed is now filled with a lot of bull. I am heading over to bluesky
This is insane. Denialism in its highest form. “The concerns about overtopping are not just hypothetical,” said the former deput director of the LSU Hurricane Center https://t.co/9sl2VPnTeZ
The data center boom and its demand for energy and water is creeping into Colorado. https://t.co/OAKXK7lv8A