Alexandra Schluntz, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “Everyone here agrees that congestion is problem, but decades of science and experience have shown that adding lanes to urban corridors like this one only increases the number of vehicles using the highway, taking us right back to the same congestion without fixing the problem.”
This report analyzes the cost of a U.S. Department of Energy mandate that Unit 1 at the Craig coal-burning power plant in Colorado remain available and operate beyond its December 31, 2025, retirement date.
Stu Gillespie, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “This is hopefully a powerful message to other states that they can and should do this, and we can all be in this together and protect our collective waters.”
Colorado PUC Decision on Proceedings covering the 2025-2029 Distribution System Plan, Grid Modernization Adjustment Clause, and Virtual Power Plant Program
Health, environment, and community groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency’s rushed and unlawful final rule to delay protections against methane pollution from the oil and gas industry.
Heidi McIntosh, Managing Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office: “In denying multiple motions to dismiss (twelve in total), this Court recognized the fundamental principle that ‘courts play an essential role in declaring and enforcing the public trust’.”
The state of Colorado and Xcel Energy filed a request with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to keep Unit 2 at the Comanche coal plant in Pueblo operating beyond its December retirement deadline.
Environmental justice and conservation groups filed an appeal to strengthen Colorado’s disproportionately impacted community permitting rule after a state court ruled against the plaintiffs in late August.
