Colorado had its election day last Tuesday, November 1, 2011. By the slimmest of margins, the City of Boulder approved local energy ballot measures which will enable the city to continue exploring municipalization of the electric service. The proposal consisted of two measures. The first proposal authorizes the creation of a municipal utility (if customer

The staff of the MPSC filed a report that details the results of a staff investigation regarding utility smart grid vendor selection. The report provides recommendations to minimize the cost of smart grid technology deployment by exploring different methods of vendor selection, as well as the lessons learned from early adopters. Case studies were provided

In an order that took many by surprise, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission slashed $14.8 million in cost recovery from the Public Service Company of Colorado’s (“PSC”) smart grid pilot. PSC is a subsidiary of the trailblazer Xcel Energy. This reduction is in spite of a settlement where parties agreed to, and ALJ G. Harris Adams