Energy

Guiding Principles: Climate/ Greenhouse Gas WHEREAS Energy, climate, and economic systems are complex, changeable and interrelated, and...

General Regulatory Practice: WHEREAS the energy sector employs more than 7.8 million Americans in many fields, including but not limited...

WHEREAS Western Colorado’s energy industries thrive best under stable, predictable tax regimes, carefully balancing market-forces and...

WHEREAS the Western Slope is blessed with abundant mineral energy resources; and WHEREAS the responsible development and use of...

WHEREAS Colorado has large reserves of oil and natural gas and the development of these reserves is not only an important economic...

WHEREAS the Roan Plateau has long been recognized for its mineral resources, with 56,000 acres set aside as the former Naval Oil Shale...

WHEREAS cost competitive renewable energy technologies and applications are emerging in the marketplace, and WHEREAS t he National...

WHEREAS Colorado has one of the highest renewable energy standards in the United States, which has helped renewable energy resources,...

WHEREAS thousands of abandoned or inactive mines exist in Colorado and elsewhere in the United States; and WHEREAS abandoned mines can...

WHEREAS the U.S. Department of Energy estimates that as much as 1 trillion barrels of recoverable oil may exist within the oil shale...

WHEREAS both the agriculture and energy industries are important economic drivers in Western Colorado, and WHEREAS it is important to...

WHEREAS the energy policies of the past are still not working. Our nation continues its dependence on foreign energy and we need to...

WHEREAS both federal and state mineral leasing distribution laws set forth a priority for distribution of these funds to local...

WHEREAS the practice of hydraulic fracturing is an important technology for the efficient development of natural gas reserves in much of...

WHEREAS Hydraulic fracturing has been conducted over a million times in the United States, is proven and is not a new technology. ...

WHEREAS the ethanol industry in the United States currently blends up to 10 percent (E10) ethanol in gasoline tanks, and WHEREAS ...

WHEREAS coal is an abundant energy mineral resource in Western Colorado, and WHEREAS Colorado’s coal is in high demand nationally...

WHEREAS the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to use Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act to propose, by June 1, 2014,...

WHEREAS   any “Carbon Tax” legislation or regulatory measures (including “Cap and Trade” or the “Clean Power Plan”  promulgated pursuant...