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Series
Research publication volume no. 749
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
The Legislative Council Staff's Energy Handbook is intended to serve as a reference guide to Colorado's energy sector. The book is divided into five sections. Section I covers the sources and uses of energy in Colorado. Section II explains how severance taxes and federal mineral lease moneys are calculated and distributed. Section III looks at energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Section IV provides an overview of the state departments involved...
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Pub. Date
2012.
Description
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 appropriated money to the Department of Energy (DOE) to utilize the funding to encourage the implementation of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. The Colorado Governor's Energy Office (GEO) was a state agency responsible for utilizing and distributing ARRA funds in Colorado. The main purpose of this Project was to evaluate the gross and net impact energy savings associated with...
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Pub. Date
2012.
Description
In 2009, The Governor's Energy Office (GEO)1 received an American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) allocation of $49,222,000 through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) State Energy Program (SEP). The DOE stated goals for the SEP-ARRA grant were: to increase energy efficiency to reduce energy costs and consumption for consumers, businesses and government reduce the U.S. reliance on imported energy; improve the reliability of electricity and...
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
The ACRE grant program has funded 56 projects since its inception in 2007. These projects span many areas of renewable energy (RE) including: anaerobic digestion (biogas), biochar, biofuels, biomass combustion, energy efficiency, energy storage, micro-hydro, solar, and wind. These projects have successfully fulfilled ACRE's mission of: 1) advancing knowledge in the area of RE within the agriculture industry in CO; 2) funding a variety of projects...
