Smart Energy Living is now available as a website, enewsletter, and print publication and “helps consumers use energy more wisely, including the human energy needed to build more sustainable communities and a healthier planet.”
SLE offers information to help individuals and businesses invest in energy efficiency, renewable energy, local food choices, transportation alternatives and green products; shares information from experts about efforts to build a more sustainable future; and celebrates real-world success stories to help readers learn from one another.
Bottom-up Economic Development Plan for Colorado
Through a rigorous process of public meetings and surveys and listening to the needs and priorities of Colorado residents, The Colorado Blueprint has finally been drafted and outlines the steps that will be taken by the Hickenlooper Administration over the next few years to support and promote economic development across Colorado. The action items included have emerged from the “bottom-up” process as appropriate and feasible ways for the state to assist in economic development on a local and regional level.
GEO Strategic Transmission and Renewables Report
Check out the Strategic Transmission and Renewables (STAR) Report - A Vision of Colorado’s Electric Power Sector to the Year 2050. The STAR report is the fourth installment in a series of reports released by the GEO to prepare Colorado for a changing electric power landscape.
The STAR report picks up where the GEO’s Renewable Energy Development Infrastructure (REDI) report left off, delving further into the changing electricity sector landscape. The report provides detailed analyses regarding new ways in which policy-makers can plan for an optimal mix of demand side measures, supply side resources, and the transmission infrastructure necessary to deliver reliable electric power to a growing, and increasingly electrified state. The report provides potential pathways on how Colorado’s electricity sector can reach the Climate Action Plan’s goal: a 20 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 and an 80 percent reduction by 2050 below 2005 levels.
To access the report and its supporting documentation, visit http://www.rechargecolorado.com/index.php/programs_overview/star_project/.
