On June 2, 2022, the Colorado Power Pathway (the “Pathway”) was approved by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) as to all five planned segments, in an Order that determined the project is necessary and in the public interest.[1] The Pathway is a multi-billion dollar grid investment that will consist of roughly 600 miles of […]
Two interesting bills are making their way through the Wyoming Legislature this session, both concerning the State’s main source of tax revenue – the energy industry. The Legislature’s taxation treatment of oil and gas and wind energy may tell us how elected officials will address Wyoming’s significant revenue shortfall—sales and use taxes down 67% from […]
In a state that has been described as having “world class wind,” a boast hard to ignore during a winter that featured days upon days of wind gusts reaching 80 mph at times, wind energy has struggled to find a secure toehold due to the vice-like grip traditional extractive mineral industries have on the energy […]
For those interested in Colorado’s energy economy, ballot initiatives concerning oil and gas regulation have rightly taken center stage. (See [4/27/16 blog post]). As of today, however, none of those public initiatives appear destined for the ballot this November. The Colorado Secretary of State found that proponents of the two measures did not collect the […]
* This blog is co-authored with Sarah Ruckriegle, a graduate of the Air Force Academy, current Captain in the Air Force and law student at the University of Las Vegas where she is based. Heidi Ruckriegle is an Associate with the Welborn firm. The United States Department of Defense (“DoD”) is the world’s single […]
In the face of a radically altered economic and energy picture for Wyoming, Governor Matt Mead released an updated energy strategy for the State on March 14, 2016. Titled “Leading the Charge: Wyoming’s Action Plan for Energy, Environment, and Economy,” the plan is an update of a similar report issued by the State in 2013, […]
When candidate Obama was running in 2008, he identified energy as his top priority and described his goal as the “transformation of American energy” to address the threat of climate change. On August 2, 2015, the President and the EPA Administrator announced the final rule to implement his Clean Power Plan. The focus of the […]