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• Volt is Car of the Year

  January 10, 2011 9:24 AM

  DETROIT (AP) - The Chevrolet Volt has won the 2011 North American Car of the Year at the Detroit auto show. The Ford Explorer won the truck of the year. The awards were announced Monday morning on the first day of media previews for the show. Finalists for... more »

• Proposed increases could mean lower utility bill

  November 23, 2010 5:44 PM

  A proposal to increase certain utilities could result in a decrease in your overall utilities bill. Colorado Springs Utilities is proposing to increase electric and natural gas rates for 2011. Water rate increases were approved in May. If the rates are approved, an average home would see a... more »

• "Eco" cars to be on display

  August 24, 2010 2:48 PM

  The Southern Colorado Clean Cities Coalition will host "Eco Auto Alley" at the 2nd annual Pikes Peak EcoFestival on Saturday, August 28. "Eco Auto Alley" is a display of various alternative fuel vehicles and technologies including fully electric, hybrid, and flex fuel model vehicles. Exhibitors include Duke's Garage with... more »

• Black Hills Energy mulls power plant options

  August 20, 2010 11:38 AM

  Black Hills Energy is studying two options for its coal-fired power plant in Canon City to comply with a new Colorado law aimed at cutting pollution from power plants. The company says it is studying whether to convert the plant to woody biomass or shutter it and expand a... more »

• Two bills push electric car with tax credits

  May 27, 2010 6:29 PM

  Two bills introduced in Congress would provide big grants to cities to set up the infrastructure needed for electric cars and sweeten the tax credits for buyers of the vehicles. The similar bills in the House and Senate are designed to smooth the way for electric vehicles that are... more »

• Update: Power restored to Mountain View Electric customers

  April 24, 2010 10:21 AM

  Mountain View Electric says that all customers in the Black Forest, Calhan and Ellicott have their power back. Crews spent most of Saturday restoring power the was knocked out by heavy snows and high winds. Thousands of home were without power. Mountain View Electric says that there were no... more »

• Power providers scramble to keep the lights on

  April 5, 2010 3:24 PM

  With winds gusting to 70 miles an hour, utility companies are busy keeping the power on across southern Colorado. San Isabel Electric reports spotty power problems all day from Beulah to Trinidad. The biggest outage only affected 20 to 30 homes and it was fixed a few hours later.... more »

• Xcel promises to cut pollution in Colorado

  March 6, 2010 8:52 AM

  Xcel Energy is promising to cut air pollution over the next seven years. A deal announced Friday by Gov. Bill Ritter, the company and lawmakers will require Xcel to reduce pollutants by retiring or modifying Front Range coal-fired power plants by 2017. The power plants would be replaced by natural... more »

• Colorado company creating 1,300 jobs--in another state

  February 4, 2010 9:33 AM

  South Carolina officials say a Colorado company will build a $68 million plant to make electric buses. The plant could have as many as 1,300 workers. State Sen. David Thomas said Wednesday he hopes the Proterra LLC plant will lead to suppliers and related industries coming to South Carolina.... more »

• Winter storm has a ticket to Dixie

  January 29, 2010 9:24 AM

  Winter storm warnings are in effect from New Mexico to North Carolina, as heavy snow and ice make their way through the South today. The same storm has left nearly 142,000 electric customers in Oklahoma in the dark. In Arkansas, up to 10 inches of snow could fall... more »

• Black Hills moves forward with Pueblo plants

  January 20, 2010 7:30 PM

  Black Hills Energy says its moving forward with plans to build two natural gas plants in Pueblo. On Wednesday, the power company gave community leaders more specifics on the project. Black Hills has purchased equipment and is now finalizing construction plans. The plants will be located on ten acres of... more »

• Pueblo chosen as site for new power plant

  October 1, 2009 4:56 PM

  Black Hills Energy has announced plans to build a multi-million dollar power plant in Pueblo. However, the project is still in negotiations. The plant could cost between $425 to $515 million. It would be located near the airport in Pueblo's industrial park. Black Hills Energy says the project could... more »

• Is plasma starting to fade out

  September 28, 2009 10:59 AM

  Plasma televisions, while still the finest made in the eyes of purists, are rapidly losing ground to LCD-based models, say analysts and industry observers. That's because Liquid Crystal Display TVs have plunged in price and innovated their way to near-parity with plasma in terms of image quality. "If you're... more »