Collaboration produces results in Roaring Fork Valley
Aspen Utilities Energy-efficiency Manager Jeff Rice eschewed the usual slide show on the Roaring Fork Valley Utility Collaborative to share his presentation with partners. Jason Haber of the nonprofit...
View ArticleWestern customers show up in DOE Top 10 Utility Green Power Programs
Public power utilities, including several Western customers, scored well in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s “Top 10” rankings of utility green power programs for 2010. Ranked by renewable...
View ArticleHoly Cross reduces emissions with vented methane power
This story initially ran in the September 2012 Energy Services Bulletin. A coal mine that generates electricity and carbon offsets may sound like the energy equivalent of a unicorn, but an innovative...
View ArticleEducation of an energy-efficiency program manager
[Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the January 2013 issue of Energy Services Bulletin.] Holy Cross Energy recently chose Mary Wiener, a former energy advisor with Boulder County...
View ArticleHoly Cross Energy Employees Collect Over Two Tons of Food!
During the month of May, Holy Cross Energy (HCE) employees collected over 2.2 tons (4,434 pounds) of non-perishable food. The food will be distributed to a variety of area charities including...
View ArticleAgenda now online for 7th Rocky Mountain Utility Efficiency Exchange
October 9-11, 2013 Aspen Meadows, Aspen, Colorado Western Area Power Administration Administrator Mark Gabriel and Colorado Energy Office Director Jeff Ackermann will keynote the 7th Annual Rocky...
View ArticleElectricity savings bear results for Holy Cross consumers
Out-of-date lights at Bear Paw Lodge in Beaver Creek, Colorado, were eating up not only electricity, but also staff time to replace burned-out bulbs. To tame the lighting system’s bruin-sized...
View ArticleElectric savings produce fresh results for Holy Cross consumers
When Tom Clark Jr. sized up the grocery store space he’d leased in Snowmass Village, Colorado, last year, it was clear Clark’s Market needed a soup-to-nuts overhaul to take advantage of today’s...
View ArticleMore than $4 million in member equity distributed to Holy Cross members
Holy Cross Energy members can expect a Christmas present from the cooperative’s board of directors in the form of a member equity distribution refund of more than $4 million. More than 32,000 current...
View ArticleWestern customers play role in latest green power rankings
The latest Green Power Partnership update on renewable energy use by businesses, government facilities and educational institutions shows the importance of partners in meeting clean power goals....
View ArticleConference highlights initiatives worth imitating
Rocky Mountain Utility Efficiency Exchange Aspen Meadows Resort Sept. 27-29 Rolling into its second decade, the Rocky Mountain Utility Efficiency Exchange has now been around long enough for its many...
View ArticleSolar stock tank group purchase ‘a huge success’
Utility program managers know that equipment rebates are not only a building block of load management strategies, but are also an effective customer outreach tool. Surprisingly effective, in the case...
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