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Solar program ends

Solarize La Plata, a program to get 100 homes to install solar systems, has ended with 101 participants. The goal when the steering committee formed in April 2013 was the installa...

Environmental group scores lawmakers

Sen. Ellen Roberts ranks high for GOP

Solar-panel project to benefit low-income families

Volunteers will install rooftop solar panels on a family home Saturday as part of the Colorado Solar Road Show. GRID Alternatives, based in Oakland, California, will work with sta...

LPEA board glows ‘green’

Leadership in hands of newcomers

Solarize La Plata one away from meeting goal

When Solarize La Plata announced its campaign to install 100 solar photovoltaic systems to provide electricity to homes and businesses by the end of summer, there were some naysayers. ...

Renewable-energy grants to be discussed at LPEA

The director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s community and economic development will lead a workshop on grants for renewable-energy systems June 10 at the La Plata Electric Associati...

Do you want renewable energy?

New solar agreement can offset users’ electrical costs

Hey, you, got wind power?

Udall, Bennet support extension of tax credit

Dems buck attempt to delay renewable power standard

DENVER – Democrats on Wednesday turned back an attempt to delay a renewable energy mandate they passed last year. Republicans have charged that the mandate is part of a “war on ru...

Udall backs extending energy credit

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., is pushing to extend the production tax credit for wind energy providers in Colorado before the end of the year. His effort comes with...

Udall backs renewable energy bill

Would require reaching 25 percent by 2025

Bidders avoid solar auction in droves

BLM’s first-ever such sale draws nobody but the crickets