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Xcel Energy leaves thousands in Aurora without power Friday morning

More than 5,000 people in Aurora were without power Friday morning, according to Xcel Energy. Around 5:12 a.m. Friday, 5,469 homes in Aurora lost power, according to Xcel’s outage map. The energy outlet didn’t say what caused the outage but said crews would restore power to the city by 6:45 a.m. Read the rest of […]

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Adams 14 to add more than a dozen new electric school buses to its fleet

Adams County School District 14 will roll out 14 new electric school buses by 2025, adding to the 144 electric buses that already are ferrying school children in Colorado or are on-order for districts across the state. The Adams 14 buses will phase out more than half of the 25 diesel buses used by the […]

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As “green rush” rolls on, Boulder’s Surna helping make cannabis industry more sustainable

Legal cannabis cultivation in the United States consumed 1.1 million megawatt hours of electricity in 2017 (enough to power 92,500 homes for a year,) generating 472,000 tons carbon dioxide, according to a 2018 New Frontier Data report.

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Boulder-based Vera aims to take high energy use out of marijuana cultivation equation

Alex Park and his two partners wanted to grow cannabis commercially without using an excessive amount of energy, a problem that has plagued indoor marijuana cultivation.

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Life off-grid in San Luis Valley’s high desert takes skills that few arrive with

Rodney Cook’s high desert property is littered with the stripped carcasses of worn machines, the scoured parts powering devices that sustain the lives of a dozen family members in a harsh desert environment. Many other people haven’t made it there.

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Marijuana grows — legal or not — are far from business as usual for Colorado electric companies

A gathering of Colorado utilities officials centered around the massive power draw of indoor marijuana cultivation and issues with illegal grows.

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