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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Wednesday May 31, 2023 ( 3 items )  

Alliance Defending Freedom: College Students Seek Freedom to Speak, Associate Anonymously
DENVER, Colorado, May 31 (TNSgov) -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a proposed friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit urging it to protect Americans' right to speak and associate anonymously, free from government-mandated disclosure. ADF attorneys filed the proposed brief in Speech First v. Shrum on behalf of Young America's Foundation and the Manhattan Institute. In it,  more

Earthjustice: Colorado Public Utilities Commission Adopts Ambitious Building Electrification and Energy Efficiency Targets for Xcel Energy
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 31 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has adopted ambitious $67.5 million building electrification goals for Xcel Energy, the state's largest utility. This investment is a 21 percent increase over what was proposed by Xcel, and will be an almost twenty-fold increase from Xcel's current beneficial electrification spending by 2026. While not the $79 million goal proposed by the Southwest Energy  more

NCAR Develops Advanced Solar Energy Forecasting System
BOULDER, Colorado, May 31 (TNSres) -- The National Center for Atmospheric Research issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has successfully developed an advanced solar energy forecasting system for New York that offers the potential to help the state achieve its renewable energy goals while saving millions of dollars for ratepayers. The open-source system, called NYSolarCast, draws on weather forecasts, observations of atmosphere c  more