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Colorado’s renewable milestone deserves a reality check
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Colorado Accountability Project, Approved, Commentary, State

Colorado’s renewable milestone deserves a reality check

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project Sarah Montalbano, the author of the Complete Colorado piece below makes a great point in her article about renewables. In response to a recent article by fellow energy writer Allen Best, see the second link below, about Colorado hitting an energy milestone of “More than half the state’s electricity came from wind, solar and hydro during the first months of 2026”, Montalbano notes that perhaps it’s not time for celebrating yet. Quoting from her Complete piece, “The trouble is that this jubilant announcement of a ‘majority’ renewables power grid owes more to a stark drop in coal-fired generation than the wind and solar that was added. Percentages rely on both the numerator — how much wind, solar, and hydropower...
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Energy ‘equity’ exposed: Taxpayer subsidies for wind and solar—oil and gas get zero
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Committee to Unleash Prosperity, Approved, National

Energy ‘equity’ exposed: Taxpayer subsidies for wind and solar—oil and gas get zero

Committee to Unleash Prosperity Time to cut the umbilical cord and let the free market determine where we get our energy. According to the Energy Information Administration, per unit of energy produced, oil and gas get zero subsidies (they are net taxpayers), nuclear gets less than $1, wind gets almost $6, and solar gets more than $40. These numbers put the lie to the claim that oil and gas get taxpayer subsidies. This study by EIA was done BEFORE the Biden Administration’s Green New Deal giveaways that added hundreds of billions more gifts to wind and solar and batteries. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COMMITTEE TO UNLEASH PROSPERITY
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Calhan neighbors oppose wind farm expansion, citing health concerns
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Approved, denvergazette.com, Local

Calhan neighbors oppose wind farm expansion, citing health concerns

By Debbie Kelley | Denver Gazette Rebecca Nusbaum came home from work one day in June to find a sticky note on her front door. Someone was interested in talking to her about a local wind turbine project. “Huh,” she thought. Nusbaum already can see all 145 wind turbines of the Golden West Wind Energy Center from the back deck of her home in Calhan. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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