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8 October 2009: Interwest
comments to the Colorado PUC on Xcel Energy's
(Public Service Co. of Colorado) proposed resource
acquisition plan in Docket No. 07A-447E. These
comments raise key issues, including transparency,
resource diversity and how continued transmission
constraints (and spurious allocations of transmission
costs, in some cases), and the lack of proper
transmission planning in Colorado are hindering new
development of cost-effective renewable energy
resources.
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Wyoming wind development and sage-grouse conservation
issues:
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5 October 2009:
Reply letter from Department of
Interior to 10 July
joint letter on Wyoming
sage-grouse "core area" issue
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10 July 2009:
Joint letter (from Interwest, the American Wind
Energy Association and Renewable Northwest Project) to
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar expressing industry
concern over sage-grouse "core areas" in Wyoming
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1 October 2009: Interwest
comments on new version of Iron County, Utah,
draft wind energy ordinance
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16 September 2009:
Presentation by Craig Cox to the Southeast
(Colorado) Business Retention, Expansion and
Attraction (SEBREA) meeting entitled "Transmission:
the Lifeblood of New Project Development"
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2 September 2009: Interwest
comments on Iron County, Utah draft wind energy
ordinance
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1 September 2009: Slides from Forum on "Impacts
of Federal Legislation for Colorado's Clean Energy
Economy," held in Fort Collins
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27 August 2009:
Presentation by Craig Cox to hearing of Wyoming
legislature's
Task Force on Wind Energy, held in Casper, Wyoming
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29 June 2009:
Informational slides on the
Colorado Renewables
Conservation Collaborative, a joint, informal,
industry-NGO collaboration on project siting.
Interwest spearheaded this Collaborative's formation
in the summer of 2008, together with leading NGOs.
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31 May 2009:
Op-ed by Interwest Executive Director Craig Cox in
Casper Star-Tribune: "Wyo: Take advantage of
wind energy"
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1 April 2009:
Joint comment letter (Interwest, Western Resource
Advocates, NRDC, The Wilderness Society, Western Grid
Group) to the Western Area Power Administration with
policy proposals in response to Western's Request for
Public Comments regarding the implementation of
Section 402 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (the "economic stimulus" plan)
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19 March 2009:
Joint comment letter (Interwest-CIEA) filed with
Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association on
Tri-State's Interconnection Queue Reform Proposal
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20 February 2009: Energy Future Coalition's
Smart Grid Vision Statement, endorsed by the
Interwest Energy Alliance, calling for aggressive new
federal investments in:
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“Efficient, secure and reliable interstate
transmission networks – incorporating renewable
collection lines and extra-high voltage (EHV)
backbone facilities – which will enable massive
domestic renewable energy resources currently
stranded in our country’s remote areas to be
developed and delivered to population centers; and
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“Smart Grid” technologies to make the transmission
and distribution grid more reliable, resilient, and
secure, and to accommodate renewable power and
enable more energy efficiency by consumers and
businesses.”
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19 December 2008: Interwest industry
comment letter on "Draft Guidelines for Assessing
the Potential Impacts to Birds and Bats from Wind
Energy Development in Northern Arizona and the
Southern Colorado Plateau." These draft guidelines
were circulated by Northern Arizona University's
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Program.
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21 November 2008: Western Area Power Administration
notice in Federal Register: “Solicitation of
Interest for Transmission Line Projects Under EPAct05
Section 1222 Associated With Renewable Generation
Sources.” Response deadline is 5 January 2009.
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18 November 2008: Interwest
comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission on
the Biennial Transmission Assessment (BTA)
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5 November 2008:
Highlights from 2008 General Election Results in
Interwest region
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22 October 2008: Interwest industry
comment letter on draft, unpublished, Colorado
Division of Wildlife wind energy development
guidelines. These guidelines were retracted by the
Division on 27 October 2008.
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White Paper by Joshua D. Prok (Juris Doctor
Candidate December 2008, University of Denver Sturm
College of Law) and Ronald L. Lehr, Counsel, Interwest
Energy Alliance, entitled “Barriers and Opportunities
in Wind and Renewable Energy Development: Xcel
Energy’s 2007 Colorado Resource Plan” [Colorado PUC
Docket No. 07A-447E]
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5 August 2008: Industry Briefings on Central Solar
Power
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30 June 2008: Op-ed by Craig Cox in Denver Post: "Tax
policies must catch up to renewable revolution"
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15 April 2008: Joint
letter from Interwest, the American Wind Energy
Association and Western Resource Advocates to Xcel
Energy seeking Xcel's transmission plans as required
by FERC Order 890.
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15 April 2008:
Testimony by Interwest executive director Craig
Cox to Joint Oversight Hearing of the Subcommittee on
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands and the
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the
U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources on the
West-Wide Energy Corridor Process
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7 March 2008:
Letter to Colorado Public Utilities Commission on
2008 commission policy initiatives
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14 February 2008:
Joint comments on Energy Corridor Draft
Programmatic EIS submitted by Interwest Energy
Alliance, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
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21 November 2007:
Comments by American Wind Energy Association and
Interwest Energy Alliance on Public Service Company of
Colorado's (Xcel Energy) draft Attachment K to its
OATT
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5 October 2007:
RFP issued by Chugwater (Wyoming) Wind Association
(zip file)
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3 October 2007: Congressional Research Service
Report on Federal Transmission Policies
This report by Amy Abel, entitled “Electric
Transmission: Approaches for Energizing a Sagging
Industry,” provides an accessible, understandable
explanation of the arcane world of federal
transmission policies, along with a useful summary of
some recent federal legislative activities in this
arena.
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18 September 2007:
Comments submitted to the Utah DEQ on Utah's
Renewable Energy Initiative
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14 September 2007:
Joint comments submitted to the Arizona
Corporation Commission by Interwest and Western
Resource Advocates on implementation of the APS
Renewable Energy Standard.
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31 July 2007: Forum on "Renewable Energy and Western
Public Lands
View flyer (PDF format) on this important
discussion in Boulder, Colorado, by stakeholder
leaders on renewable energy development on public
lands in the West. This forum precedes the 2007
Southwest Renewable
Energy Conference, also in Boulder.
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19 July 2007: Interwest's
initial comments on Colorado PUC Docket No.
07M-256E, on revising Colorado's Least-Cost
Planning (LCP) Rules
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6 July 2007: New rules for administering the Utah
renewable energy tax credits as published in the
Utah State Bulletin of 1 July 2007. The comment
period for these new rules ends on 1 August 2007.
View Utah's renewable energy tax credit rules in
PDF or
HTML format
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5 July 2007: Interwest's
comments on Colorado PUC Docket No.
07M-230E (implementing HB 07-1228), focusing on
incentives for distributed generation
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21 June 2007: Interwest's
reply comments to the Colorado Public Utilities
Commission on implementation of HB 07-1281, doubling
Colorado's RPS (Docket No.
07R-166E)
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11 June 2007: Interwest's
comments to the Colorado Public Utilities
Commission on implementation of HB 07-1281, doubling
Colorado's RPS (Docket No.
07R-166E)
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6 June 2007:
Paper by Dave Olsen of CEERT entitled
"Renewables-First Generation/Transmission Projects,"
presented at WINDPOWER 2007
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23 May 2007:
Response to resource planning questions, submitted
with Western Resource Advocates to Arizona Corporation
Commission in response to Staff's questions of 26
April 2007 (Docket No. E-00000E-05-0431)
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9 May 2007:
2007 Colorado legislative summary (PDF format),
compiled by Colorado General Assembly Legislative
Council
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1 May 2007:
Comments submitted by Interwest Energy Alliance on
Utah's new renewable energy tax credit rules
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23 April 2007:
Photo of ceremonial groundbreaking of SunEdison's
new 8.22 MW solar power plant near Alamosa, Colorado
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22 April 2007:
Comments of the Interwest Energy Alliance,
submitted to Xcel Energy, on the proposed
High Plains Express Transmission Project
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19 April 2007:
Reply from Colorado Coordinated Planning Group to
joint letter of 9 February expressing concern over
four key areas relating to public participation and
planning issues (see link below, dated 9 February, for
characterization of letter)
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13 April 2007:
Joint comments on WestConnect Request for Information
on "Analysis of Feasibility, Costs and Benefits of
Contingency Reserve and Regulation Sharing
Enhancements Among the WestConnect parties," submitted
by the American Wind Energy Association, Interwest
Energy Alliance and West Wind Wires
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27 March 2007: Colorado HB 07-1281 (doubling
Colorado's renewable energy portfolio standard) signed
into law by Governor Bill Ritter
View fact sheet on HB 07-1281
View
HB 07-1281 as signed into law (PDF format)
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2007 New Mexico legislative summary, by
Interwest's lobbying team of Drew Setter and Mari
Anixter.
View the top bills of interest (described in the
legislative summary) that were signed into law by
Governor Richardson from the 2007 legislative session
(PDF format):
HB 188: Renewable Energy Transmission Authority
SB 418: Doubling of Renewable Energy Portfolio
Standard
SB 463: Solar Energy Systems Gross Receipts
(incorporating provisions of HB 996)
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2007 Utah Legislative Summary: renewable energy
tax credit reauthorized
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TOT 3 Project Update (PDF, 430 KB) by Steve
Waddington of Wyoming Infrastructure Authority and
Jerry Vaninetti of Trans-Elect
Presented to Interwest Energy Alliance meeting on 15
March 2007
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Wyoming West and TransWest Express Project Status
Updates (PDF, 1.35 MB) by Steve Waddington of
Wyoming Infrastructure Authority and Robert Stade of
National Grid
Presented to Interwest Energy Alliance meeting on 15
March 2007
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Letter (PDF format) to Colorado Coordinated Planning
Group expressing concern over issues of concern in
Colorado Long-Range Transmission Planning Study
9 February 2007. This joint letter was signed by the
American Wind Energy Association, Colorado Independent
Energy Association, Colorado Renewable Energy Society,
Environment Colorado, Interwest Energy Alliance,
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, West Wind Wires
and Western Resource Advocates. It expresses concerns
primarily in four categories:
• “First, we believe public participation in
Colorado long range transmission planning processes
should be expanded
• Second, we are concerned with lack of
planning for contributions from efficiency and
renewable energy resources.
• Third we are concerned that utility plans
are not being coordinated as they should be.
• Finally, we believe that all out of state
resources and regional export opportunities should be
considered.”
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Interwest Energy Alliance's Final Post-hearing Brief
(PDF format) in APS Rate Case, Consolidated
22 January 2007. Arizona Corporation Commission
Docket Nos. E-01345A-05-0816, E-01345A-05-0826 and
E-01345A-05-0827
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Key Activities and Accomplishments of 2006
28 December 2006
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The Arizona Corporation Commission's Final Signed
Decision on the Arizona Renewable Energy Standard and
Tariff ("REST") Rules
14 November 2006
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Presentation to the Colorado State Task Force on
Reliable Electricity Infrastructure on the Texas
Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) and Why
Colorado should Consider a Similar Approach to
Transmission Development
18 September 2006 -
Colorado State Task Force on Reliable Electricity
Infrastructure
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Colorado Public Utilities Commission's Amendment 37
31 August 2006 - Contains documents relating to the
implementation of Colorado's Amendment 37 (RPS),
including the Compliance Plan filed by Public Service
Co. of Colorado (Xcel Energy)
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Comments Filed with Arizona Corporation Commission on
Biennial Transmission Assessment
30 August 2006
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Direct Testimony of Amanda Ormond on Arizona
Corporation Commission Docket No. E-01345A-05-0816
(APS Rate Case)
18 August 2006 - Regarding use of an independent
expert in APS’s future renewable energy RFPs,
implementation of a solicitation schedule for
near-term purchase of renewable energy and development
of a performance-based incentive structure for clean
energy resource acquisition
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Answer Testimony of Craig Cox in Colorado PUC Docket
No. 06S-234EG (Public Service Company of Colorado Rate
Case)
18 August 2006 - Regarding expediting the delivery of
cost-effective new electricity generation
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What is Interwest?
17 August 2006
Slides that provide an overview of the Interwest
Energy Alliance and its activities throughout the
region
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Leadership Forum: Implementing Transmission
Recommendations in the West
18-19 July 2006 - Sponsored by the National Wind
Coordinating Committee and the Western Governors'
Association; cosponsored by the Interwest Energy
Alliance and other groups and associations from
throughout the West
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Comments of the Interwest Energy Alliance to the
Arizona Corporation Commission on the Proposed
Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff
20 June 2006
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Comments of the Interwest Energy Alliance to the
Colorado Public Utilities Commission Regarding
Transmission-Owning Utilities’ Plans to Expand their
Transmission Facilities in Colorado
16 June 2006
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Statement by Interwest Energy Alliance to the Colorado
Public Utilities Commission on Provisions in the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) Relating to the
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA)
26 May 2006
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Comments Filed with the Public Utilities Commission of
Nevada on Implementation of Nevada's Renewable
Portfolio Standard
18 May 2006
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Wind Energy for Rural Economic Development
18 May 2006
Slides presented to workshop at Public Utilities
Commission of Nevada, Carson City
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Amendment 37 and Wind Power in Colorado
22 March 2006
Presentation to Colorado House Select Committee on
Strategic Renewable Energy by Craig Cox and Ron Lehr
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Comments Filed with the Colorado Public Utilities
Commission on Docket 05M-375E (Least-Cost Planning
Docket)
28 February 2006
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Presentation Delivered to Utah Legislators at
Statehouse Briefing, Salt Lake City
1 February 2006
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Presentation by Craig Cox: "From
Snack Bars to Rebar: How Project Development Boosted
Local Businesses Up and Down the Wind Energy ‘Supply
Chain’ in Lamar, Colorado"
Originally created in March 2004; updated January 2006
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Presentation by Interwest Executive Director Craig Cox
on "Understanding the Wind Power Industry," Given to
the Colorado Division of Wildlife's "Wind Power and
Wildlife" symposium in Fort Collins, Colorado
23 January 2006
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List of Departmental and Agency Directives from the
Energy Policy Act of 2005
21 October 2005 - Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
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"Setting the Record Straight: The Benefits of Wind
Energy for Colorado"
9 September 2004 - A set of PowerPoint slides
correcting errors about wind energy from Intermountain
Rural Electric Association's March 2004 newsletter
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Letter from Arizona Corporation Commission Chairman
Marc Spitzer to Commissioners Advocating Increased Use
of Wind Energy to Serve Load in Arizona
14 May 2004
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Letter to Staff of the Arizona Corporation Commission
Commenting on Proposed Changes to the Environmental
Portfolio Standard
23 February 2004
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Letter to Arizona Corporation Commission
Commenting on
Chairman Spitzer’s Proposal and
Commissioner Mundell’s Letter on Renewable Energy
and Energy Efficiency
12 December 2003
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31 August 2009: Interwest
motion in Docket No. 09A-324E/09A-325E seeking
timely and proper implementation of SB 100 law in
the joint application of Tri-State Generation &
Transmission Association and Public Service Company
of Colorado for a Certificate of Public Convenience
and Necessity for the San Luis
Valley-Calumet-Comanche Transmission line.
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4 May 2009: Interwest Energy Alliance
motion to the Colorado Public Utilities seeking
enforcement of SB 100
settlement agreement
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9 January 2009: Interwest's
comments on Public Service Company of Colorado's
informational
report ("Senate Bill 07-100 Designation of
Energy Resource Zones and Transmission Planning
Informational Report") of 24 November 2008
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11 December 2008: Colorado PUC opens
Docket No. 08M-521E on 2009 SB 07-100 filings
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10 June 2008:
Meeting materials (in a zip file), as provided
by Xcel Energy, for 10 June General Stakeholder
Meeting
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15 April 2008: Interwest
response to motion of Public Service Company of
Colorado supporting the company's motion to allow
late-filed testimony by Paul Bonavia and commending
his expressed support for increased transmission
within Colorado and for transmission export capacity
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March-April 2008:
Supplemental testimony (5MB zip file) by various
Xcel Energy witnesses in
Docket No. 07A-447E detailing its approaches and
the utility's views on SB 100 implementation
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5 March 2008: Listen to hour-long Colorado Public
Utilities Commission
discussion (7 MB) of SB 100 issues
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26 February 2008: Interwest
statement on agreement with Xcel Energy on
reinvigoration of SB 100 transmission planning and
stakeholder participation process
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February 2008: Xcel Energy announces
resumption of SB 100 stakeholder process with
meeting on 4 March 2008
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December 2007:
Colorado Public Utilities Commission's web page
on SB 100 implementation docket (Docket No.
07M-446E)
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1 November 2007:
Related docket (Docket No. 07A-421E),
"Application of Public Service Company of Colorado
for CPCN for Pawnee-Smoky Hill Transmission Project."
This CPCN was referenced in Xcel Energy's SB 100
Filing to the Colorado PUC (see below)
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31
October 2007:
Xcel
Energy's SB 100 Filing to the Colorado PUC
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5
October 2007:
Interwest motion to intervene in Colorado PUC Docket
No. 07A-339E, "Public Service Application to
Implement a Transmission Cost Adjustment Rider"
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27 March 2007:
Colorado SB 07-100 (transmission expansion) signed
into law by Governor Bill Ritter
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9 February 2007:
Interview with Craig Cox of Interwest Energy
Alliance and Chris Rundell of Prairie Wind Energy on
SB 100, Colorado transmission legislation, aired on Colorado Public Radio's "Colorado Matters"
program
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27 January 2007:
Fact sheet on
Colorado SB 07-100: Transmission Development to
Energy Resource Zones
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Xcel
Energy's SB 100 implementation page
Visit this page for various pieces of information
from Xcel Energy on implementation of this most
critical new law to expand transmission to
transmission-constrained "energy resource zones" in
Colorado and adjacent areas.
Interwest Documents