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County Beat: Moratorium on new wind/solar projects approved

RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners reviewed a 2024 strategic plan for the county’s IT and broadband during a work session Tuesday. As the broadband program continues to expand, the department is looking to create better separation between IT and broadband and improve customer service. Overall, adjustments are expected to[Read More…]

August 24, 2023 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

Letter to the Editor: Solar project debate: aesthetics versus the gestalt global climate change impacts

Dear Editor, Clearly, a solar power generation project of this scope [referring to the one proposed in Josephine Basin] is a valuable and forward-thinking concept that fits in well as a part of the pre-eminent carbon-neutral global initiative essential to drastically reduce the production of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere. [Read More…]

August 2, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Debate over proposed solar farm continues

RBC | “I want to know if we are just going to have lip service to private property rights, or if we are going to support them,” said Kathleen Kelley, lifetime Meeker resident and landowner seeking board approval for what her family considers to be the most beneficial use of[Read More…]

July 12, 2023 by Lucas Turner Comments are Disabled

Proposed solar farm generates surge of interest from public

MEEKER | “We’ve always believed that good land management meant resilience, and my father always preached the highest and best use,” said lifelong Meeker resident, high school teacher and landowner Kathleen Kelley in response to a recent surge of public interest about a proposed solar farm on her family property.[Read More…]

May 4, 2023 by Lucas Turner Comments are Disabled

The ‘energy gap’ nobody wants to tussle with

Many Western states have declared they will achieve all-renewable electrical goals in just two decades. Call me naïve, but haven’t energy experts predicted that wind, sun and other alternative energy sources aren’t up to the job? Alice Jackson, former CEO of Xcel energy’s Colorado operation, was blunt at a renewable[Read More…]

January 4, 2023 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

WREA navigates renewables

MEEKER I Providing consumers electricity may be straightforward, but the realities of today’s energy landscape are complicated. The transition from traditional fuels along with the competing pressures of reliability, affordability, and renewable energy creates a complex puzzle that energy companies around the globe work to solve each day. “I think[Read More…]

May 4, 2022 by Lucas Turner Comments are Disabled

COUNTY BEAT: August 17 meeting

RBC I It was another busy Tuesday for Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners this week, starting early in the morning with work sessions. The board also held a regular meeting and hosted an Interagency Meeting in the afternoon. Rangely Town Manager Lisa Piering and Engineer Jocelyn Mueller updated the[Read More…]

August 20, 2021 by Lucas Turner Comments are Disabled

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Tri-State notes achievements of Responsible Energy Plan one year after implementation

RBC | In a press release issued late last week, Tri-State reflected on its achievements in 2020 and upcoming efforts for 2021 and beyond, as it marks the one-year anniversary of its Responsible Energy Plan (REP), the most transformative change in the 68-year history of the cooperative. From the commencement[Read More…]

January 26, 2021 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled