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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings assigns an ‘AA’ rating to the following Colorado Springs (CSU, Colorado Springs), CO’s utilities system revenue bonds: –$47 million, series 2010D-1 tax exempt; –$65 million, series 2010D-2 tax exempt/private activity (interest subject to federal taxation under certain circumstances); –$49 million, series 2010D-3 taxable; –$110 million, series 2010D-4 …

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DENVER — Xcel Energy’s SmartGridCity is supposed to be an experiment in what a modern energy grid might look like. Since the utility announced the project in Boulder in 2008, its costs have nearly tripled from initial estimates.

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn.—-Ecologic Analytics, a leading provider of meter data management systems for the Smart Grid, announced today Colorado Springs Utilities has selected the Ecologic MDMS to further enhance its local distribution network of more than 535,000 electric, gas and water endpoints for approximately 310,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers.

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DENVER—-The Governor’s Energy Office will be offering rebates for various energy upgrades beginning 8 a.m. April 19 as part of the state’s ‘Recharge Colorado’ campaign.

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KUSA – With unemployment hovering at around seven and a half percent in Colorado, one potential growth area is wind energy.

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Highlights from the Legislature on Monday: _ The House killed a resolution urging companies to offer investments in renewable energy as part of their retirement plans after lawmakers said it would be wrong for the state to make financial recommendations to… Renewable energy – Pension – Business – Colorado General Assembly – Government

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DENVER – Gov. Bill Ritter pitched his plan to increase renewable energy requirements for big power companies to Colorado lawmakers on Thursday, telling them it will create thousands of new jobs and reduce the cost of electricity. Ritter said Colorado is the first state with a voter-approved Renewable Energy Standard of 10 percent that passed in 2004. Lawmakers doubled that to 20 percent by 2020 …

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Clean Tech Open today announced the 12 regional semi-finalists in its clean tech business plan competition. The 2009 Clean Tech Open competition includes more than a $1 million in total prizes and a “100K Jobs Challenge” to create 100,000 clean tech jobs in America over the next five years.

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