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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 -
Repligo Format
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 -
Repligo Format
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 -
Repligo Format
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 -
Repligo Format
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Presentation
Delivered to Utah Legislators at Statehouse
Briefing, Salt Lake City
1 February 2006 -
Repligo Format
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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 -
Repligo Format
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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
Interwest Documents