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| Jul 29, 2026 | After lengthy meeting dubbed ‘airport-palooza,’ Longmont council advances election measures, airport initiatives | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The Longmont City Council tackled a marathon agenda Tuesday night, advancing two charter amendment questions for the November ballot and giving staff direction on several airport-related initiative... |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Longmont City Council bans ‘hyperscale’ data centers | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The Longmont City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to prohibit hyperscale data centers within city limits, adopting new restrictions aimed at preventing some of the largest energy-intensive facilities in ... |
| Jun 8, 2026 | Longmont to decide on ban for large data centers, residents can weigh in | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Longmont residents will have an opportunity on Tuesday to weigh in on a proposed ordinance that would ban hyperscale data centers within city limits.
The City Council is scheduled to hold a second ... |
| Jun 4, 2026 | PRPA Weld County battery storage project breaks ground | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A new battery energy storage facility that will help support electric reliability for four Northern Colorado communities broke ground Thursday in Weld County.
The Weld Energy Center is expected to ... |
| May 20, 2026 | Longmont City Council gives initial OK to regulate power-hungry data centers | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The Longmont City Council held its first reading Tuesday on an ordinance banning hyperscale data centers in the city, voting 5-1 to move the ordinance to second reading, with three amendments.
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| Jan 17, 2026 | Community Editorial Board: Considering the state of Xcel | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents who are engaged with and passionate about local issues, respond to the following question: Since Xcel requested a 9.9% resid... |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Northern Water: NISP still moving forward despite cost ‘hiccups’ | First proposed in the early 2000s, NISP has faced a long road to approval. Northern Water began pursuing federal and state permits more than two decades ago, triggering years of environmental review, feasibility studies, public hearings and... |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Jake Marsing runs for Longmont City Council at-large seat | If elected, Marsing said he would prioritize sustainability and climate goals, including the city’s target of 100% renewable energy by 2030. He voiced concern about the proposed gas plant at Platte River Power Authority and emphasized the n... |
| Apr 2, 2025 | Platte River Power Authority: Longmont, nearby communities reduce carbon emissions | The communities of Longmont, Estes Park, Fort Collins and Loveland collectively reduced customer carbon emissions by about 8,200 tons in 2024, according to a news release.
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| Mar 20, 2025 | Local News | You can still buy a tree from Longmont’s Spirit of Arbor Day tree sale | You may still be able to buy a tree from Longmont’s Spirit of Arbor Day sale – city officials said they have some left.
The trees have been available this week, after the initial sale was run via a lottery system. Each tree costs $50, and y... |
| Aug 2, 2024 | Latest Headlines | Longmont officials could require that future residential development be all electric | “This is the path that (Platte River Power Authority) along with the other three cities have decided that we want to go to all renewable energy by 2030,” Peck said in a follow-up interview. “Is that timeline going to be met? Probably not, b... |
| Jul 11, 2024 | Platte River Partners with Qcells to Bring Largest Solar Project to Northern Colorado | Platte River Power Authority and Qcells Team breaking ground.
Black Hollow Solar will have capacity for 257MW of power for the utility's service region.
SEVERANCE, Colo., July 11, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Platte River Power Authority (Pla... |
| Jul 5, 2024 | How market participation facilitates the region’s renewable energy use | Platte River Power Authority
The Resource Diversification Policy noted several advancements needed for Platte River to achieve the goal. One is actively participating in an organized energy market, where Platte River buys and sells electric... |
| May 31, 2024 | How Platte River is proactively managing its clean energy transition costs | Fort Collins, CO
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LOVELAND, CO, USA, May 31, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Platte River Power Authority is the wholesale electricity provider for Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland. As a pu... |
| Apr 29, 2024 | How Dispatchable Resources Enable the Clean Energy Transition | Platte River Power Authority
Short-duration battery systems, like the one Platte River has at its Rawhide Energy Station, can harness and dispatch power during off-peak times for two to four hours.
In 2018, Platte River’s Board of Directors... |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Local News | Sustainable Resilient Longmont celebrates Earth Day | Community members celebrated their love for the natural world at Sustainable Resilient Longmont’s 10th annual Earth Day event.
Saturday morning brought snow, but the celebration continued as scheduled at Timberline PK-8 School in Longmont. ... |
| Apr 11, 2024 | Commentary | Guest opinion: Joan Peck: Colorado must require Xcel to invest boldly in electrification now | By Joan Peck
To those of us who choose to live in Colorado, our lush forests, sparkling streams and crisp, clean air are the defining icons of our collective home. But we are watching it slip away — to year-round wildfire seasons, early sno... |
| Apr 5, 2024 | How Platte River Power Authority Is Accelerating Its Energy Transition | Platte River Power Authority Platte River’s wind generation has grown seven-fold and solar generation is expected to triple through 2025.
Since 2018, Platte River has added nearly one million megawatt-hours of renewable energy to the system... |
| Feb 23, 2024 | Platte River Power Authority: The Path To A Clean, Reliable Energy Future | Established with a foundation in hydropower, coal and natural gas, Platte River became Colorado’s first utility to harness wind energy in 1998.
Platte River is committed to transforming how energy is generated while continuing to provide th... |
| Dec 17, 2021 | Platte River issues RFP for 250MW of solar PV, encourages battery storage as part of projects | Platte River Power Authority has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to obtain up to 250MW of new solar PV generating capacity that could begin producing energy by 2025. |
| Oct 29, 2020 | Platte River Power Authority OKs plan that includes possible of natural gas energy generators | The Platte River Power Authority Board of Directors voted Thursday to approve an “integrated resource plan” that PRPA staff said will place it on the path toward achieving at least a 90 percent reduction from 2005 carbon emissions levels.
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| Jun 23, 2020 | Global demise of coal-fired generation driven by idle and unprofitable plants | The demise of coal is now a global phenomenon that — rather like Covid-19 — is no respecter of borders or governments, with both China and the United States grappling with the social and economic impacts of overcapacity.
In other words, bas... |
| Jun 17, 2020 | Morning Brief: Sunrun launches residential energy storage virtual power plant, Panasonic expands its panel warranty | Sunrun has partnered with Southern California Edison (SCE) to launch one of the first residential energy storage virtual power plants in operation in the United States. To do this, Sunrun and SCE will network up to 300 Brightbox solar and b... |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Platte River Power Authority seeks public input as it develops plan for its transition to 100% renewable energy | Every five years, Platte River Power Authority develops an integrated resource plan to determine how the public utility will generate and deliver electricity to its owner communities in Longmont, Loveland, Fort Collins and Estes Park.
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| Sep 17, 2019 | Longmont’s transition to 100% renewable energy appears ahead of schedule | Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story misstated the measurement for storage batteries. The correct amount is $186 per kilowatt-hour. The story below has been updated.
With Platte River Power Authority set to expand it renewable en... |
| May 31, 2019 | Platte River Power Authority reaches new energy wholesale deals with Longmont, Loveland, Fort Collins, Estes Park | Regional power wholesaler Platte River Power Authority on Thursday inked a new contract with Longmont, Loveland, Estes Park and Fort Collins that extends their deals through 2060.
New power supply agreements with each city were also struck,... |