Palisade Pharmacy, with the help of Colorado-based Syndicated Solar, has installed a 13-KW solar energy system that is expected to off-set nearly half of the pharmacy’s annual energy consumption and save the nearly 35-year-old business approximately $2,400 in utility costs each year.

Colorado’s commitment to clean energy may soon be second only to California’s. Late on Friday, the Colorado Senate passed a bill that would increase the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to 30 percent by 2020–California’s RPS is a neck ahead at 33 percent. Governor Bill Ritter is expected to sign the bill if/when the House [...]

Colorado’s state Congress may have an interesting bit of legislation before them this session: a bill that would allow solar panels installed in community gardens to qualify for the solar rebates currently available through Xcel Energy. The brainchild of State Rep Claire Levy (D-Boulder), the bill would allow multiple people to buy into an off-site [...]

Xcel Energy in Colorado, after cutting their solar rebate heavily over the past year, is asking the state to allow them to extend the solar rebate to third parties in leasing programs.

Colorado’s Xcel Energy Inc. drops a proposed fee for owners of solar panel installations.