Tony's Newsletter
Tracking Activities of the Colorado Renewable Energy Forum
From Colorado Working Landscapes, August 4, 2005
Volume 2, Issue 3
The Colorado Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) is an organization of agricultural, energy, financial, legal professionals, local communities, and advocate organizations committed to the development of wind and other renewable energy resources. To be added to or taken off the distribution list for Tony's Newsletter please send an email to frank@workinglandscapes.com.
Harvesting Energy Tour coming to the Western Slope,
August 15-16
Former Colorado House Speaker Lola Spradley (R-Beulah) and Senator Ken Salazar will bring the "Harvesting Energy Tour" to the Western Slope of Colorado on August 15 and 16. Ms. Spradley and Senator Salazar, will be joined by representatives from the Colorado Farm Bureau and the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, to promote renewable energy as a tool for rural economic development in rural Colorado. The Tour is receiving support from Environment Colorado and Colorado Working Landscapes.
The tour will start on August 15 in Yellow Jacket (near Cortez in Montezuma County) at the CSU Experiment Station to discuss biofuels and the impacts renewable energy projects can have on the local economy. It will then travel to Durango for a forum dealing with solar power and an update of the Clean Cities Certification program. The day will end in Montrose at the Delta-Montrose Electric Association headquarters with and Ag-Energy Forum and an opportunity to tour energy efficient technologies for homes.
On day two (August 16), the tour will begin at the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce with an introduction from Senator Ken Salazar and a presentation of potential biomass power projects. The tour will end in Glenwood Springs at the headquarters of the Holy Cross Electric Association with an overview of renewable energy programs and projects in that region. A full schedule and locations of the Tour can be viewed at http://www.workinglandscapes.com/.
The Harvesting Energy Tour, lead by Congressman Mark Udall, will continue on August 31 and September 1 in Southeast Colorado and the San Luis Valley
Colorado Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) advancing the creation of local ownership models
More than a year ago an unincorporated organization of stakeholders engaged in renewable energy development began to meet and eventually called their meetings the Colorado Renewable Energy Forum (CREF). Currently, CREF continues to meet monthly with topics and issues that seek to bring together agricultural, energy, financial and legal professionals, local communities, and advocate organizations committed to the development of renewable energy resources. A local ownership workgroup has formed out of CREF that is supporting the development of locally owned renewable energy projects. The workgroup is presently focused on the development of recommendations to submit to the Public Utilities Commission’s review of the Least Cost Planning Rules that determine how energy sources are selected. For more information about CREF please contact Colorado Working Landscapes at 303-283-3524 or frank@workinglandscapes.com.
Colorado Working Landscapes
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Phone: 303-283-3524
Colorado Working Landscapes (CWL) is a landowner-driven coalition of interests dedicated to the advancement of public policies and private initiatives to conserve land, preserve and sustain agriculture, and enhance landowner values while recognizing public benefits.