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A
Ag Bill Section 9006
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFUDC)
Amendment 37
American Wind Energy Association
APS
Arizona REST
Available transmission capacity (ATC)
B
"Backcasting" study of cost savings from wind energy
Backup generation
Balancing authority
Biomass energy
Bingaman, Jeff
C
Cap and trade
Capacity factor
Capacity vs. energy
Capital costs of energy technologies
Carbon capture and sequestration
Carbon taxes
CCPG
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
Clean and Diversified Energy Advisory Committee (CDEAC)
Clean Renewable Energy Bonds
Climate change
Coalition for Clean, Affordable Energy
Colorado House Bill 1281
Colorado PUC Lamar wind decision of 2001
Colorado Senate Bill 100
Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE)
Community wind
Competitive bidding
Conditional firm
Control area consolidation/cooperation
Control areas
Cost allocation
Cost recovery
Costs of energy
CWIP
D
Demand-side management
Deregulation
Direct current
Direct Normal Solar Radiation
Direct use (geothermal)
Distributed generation
Distribution system
Domenici, Pete
E
Eastern Plains Transmission Project
Economic development
Education and Training for Clean-Energy Careers
Energy Policy Act of 2005
Energy Resource Zone (Colorado)
Energy storage
Environment Colorado
F
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
FERC Order 890
Firm transmission service
Freudenthal, David
Frontier Line
Fuel cells
G
GeoPowering the West
Geothermal energy
Global warming
Grand Canyon Trust
Green pricing
Greenhouse gases
Guinn, Kenny
H
Headwaters Energy and Finance
High Plains Express Transmission Project
Holcomb/Sunflower Electric coal plant
Huntsman, Jon Jr.
Hydrogen
I
Imbalance penalties
Independent System Operator
Integrated Resource Planning
Interconnection
Interstate Renewable Energy Council
Intermountain Rural Electric Association
IREA Voices
J
Jobs from renewable energy: project construction, operations, manufacturing
K
L
Land use of renewable energy technologies
Least-cost planning
Levelized Cost of Energy
LGIP
Load-serving entity (LSE)
M
McCain, John
Merchant wind power
Mesalands Community College
Monopsony
N
Nameplate capacity
Napolitano, Janet
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
National Wind Coordinating Collaborative
Net metering
Nevada Power
Nevada Renewable Portfolio Standard
New Mexico RPS
North American Wind Research and Training Center
Northern Tier Transmission Group
O
OASIS
OATT
P
Pacificorp
Performance-based regulation
PNM
Postage stamp pricing
Production tax credits
Production tax credits: state-level
Property values adjacent to wind projects
Public support for clean energy: Utah
Pothole Repairs
PURPA
Q
R
Rate pancaking
Redispatch
Reliability of solar
Reliability of wind
Renewable energy credits
Renewable Energy Mitigation Program (REMP)
Renewable Energy Transmission Authority (N.M.)
Renewable Portfolio Standard
Restructuring
Richardson, Bill
Ritter, Bill
Rocky Mountain Area Transmission Study
Rocky Mountain Climate Organization
Rocky Mountain Power
RPS: federal
S
Salazar, Ken
"Section 123" resources
Siting issues: transmission
Siting issues: wind projects
Small hydro
Small wind
Smart grid
Solar America Initiative
Solar energy
Solar hot water heating
Solar photovoltaics
Solar photovoltaics: thin film
Solar power: concentrating
Solar thermal
Southwest Climate Change Initiative
Spradley, Lola
Subsidies
Substation
SunZia Southwest Transmission Project
SWAT
System benefits charge
T
Tax policies: federal level
Tax policies: state-level
TOT 3
Transmission: costs and benefits
Transmission: renewables-first transmission
Transmission technologies
TransWest Express
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
U
Udall, Mark
Undergrounding transmission lines, cost of
Utah Clean Energy
Utility Wind Integration Group
V
Virtual Control Area
Voltage stability
W
Western Area Power Administration
Water savings from renewable energy
Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Western interconnection
Western Interstate Energy Board
Western Resource Advocates
WGA CDEAC
Wildlife impacts from wind projects
Wind energy
Wind integration
Wind integration: Arizona
Wind-only transmission lines
Wind power classes
Wind Powering America
Wind working groups
WindSource
Wyoming Infrastructure Authority
X
Xcel Energy
Y
Z
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In the News
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Report: Colorado Needs New Transmission
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