Author – The Durango Herald

Companies used scheme to shift liability for orphaned wells onto Colorado, lawsuit claims

Denver-based HRM Resources acted as a middleman, moving wells from larger companies to smaller ones that went bankrupt, lawsuit says

DATE: Mar 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

After ‘Snowpocalypse’ killed power, Silverton turns to microgrid

Community-size solar grids keep the lights on, and they headed to Southwest Colorado

DATE: Jan 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

How $500M in federal infrastructure money is being spent in Colorado

The state’s share of the 10-year, $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure act has mostly gone to water resources and scientific innovation

DATE: Nov 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado oil, gas companies offer $459 million to guarantee wells are plugged eventually

Plans seek to meet new state financial requirements, but some smaller operators hope to put up only a fraction of the needed funds

DATE: Mar 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Exxon drops algae research, but Colorado labs press on in hunt for green fuel

Labs the petroleum giant funded still see potential in algae as a biofuel

DATE: Mar 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Troubled operator K.P. Kauffman violated state order to stop selling its oil and gas

KPK says it must sell oil and gas or its 1,200 wells may end up orphaned

DATE: Feb 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Business

Heat pumps are having a moment in Colorado, but do they really work in the bitter cold?

Developed in 1857, tech improvements are making heat pumps a viable element in the contemporary transition to cleaner, more energy efficient homes

DATE: Jan 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado regulators out of patience with oil well cleanup

K.P. Kauffman Co. says it will be in better financial condition if it sells northeastern Colorado wells to a company proposing to use them for a carbon capture project

DATE: Jan 23, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tri-State is set to lose 25% of revenue as customers flee

Energy supplier adjusting as rural co-ops look to self-generate or purchase electricity on own terms

DATE: Nov 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

First comprehensive oil and gas drilling plan under Colorado’s new regulations gets go-ahead

24,000-acre Bronco CAP sets plan to drill 209 wells over 6 years

DATE: Aug 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

‘It’s our new cash crop’: A land rush for renewable energy is transforming the Eastern Plains

A race to meet Colorado climate goals has led to a flurry of wind and solar activity

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

United Power makes good on threat to break its contract with Tri-State Generation

With 103,000 customers, United Power accounts for 20% of Tri-State’s business

DATE: Dec 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News