Xcel seeks June bump for natural gas

Xcel Energy today asked for a hike in the price of natural gas it could charge customers in June.

Smart grid's aim: wiser power use

Xcel Energy is on track to become the world's first utility to dramatically transform the way it delivers power to a city.

Senate panel retains oil-shale moratorium

The Senate Appropriations Committee today narrowly defeated Sen. Wayne Allard's attempt to end a moratorium related to oil shale development in Colorado.

Xcel launches 'smart grid city' project

Xcel Energy, Colorado’s biggest electric utility, today officially launched its ambitious $100 million project to turn Boulder into the world’s first “smart grid city.”

Gas industry attacks environmental rules

A slate of new environmental rules will reduce natural gas production and drive up costs for consumers, according to an industry-funded study.

Guv to urge lease slowdown

Gov. Bill Ritter will testify before a U.S. Senate committee today to urge a slowdown of plans to lease 2 million acres of public land for oil-shale development.

Gold prices return luster to 2 historic Colorado mines

Nearly 150 years after gold was discovered in Boulder County along Gold Run Creek, a couple of old mines are slowly cranking back into operation now that excavating the slender veins of precious metal is profitable again.

Group opposes energy tax initiative

A Colorado business group representing the state's top industries has lined up in opposition to a proposal to increase state revenues from oil and gas drilling.

Energy at nexus of future, author says

Darcy Souta didn't have to search long for a job in her field of petroleum engineering. Souta was among 512 seniors awarded bachelor's degrees from the Colorado School of Mines on Friday - the same day oil hit a record $126 a barrel.

Web sites steer drivers to cheapest gas

Before Akshay Dodeja stopped to fill up the gas tank of his Acura Integra, the 22-year- old Portland, Ore., computer-engineering student checked his cell phone.

Oil could hit $200 a barrel, analyst says

Chrysler hopes gas offer fuels sales

Chrysler is offering to subsidize the cost of gasoline for car and truck buyers, but its biggest rivals - General Motors, Toyota and Ford - said Tuesday they have no plans to match it.

Chrysler offering to subsidize gas costs

Chrysler is offering to subsidize the cost of gasoline for car and truck buyers, but rivals — General Motors, Toyota and Ford — said they have no plans to match it.

24 GOP senators ask EPA to waive ethanol targets

Senate Republicans have asked environmental regulators to use their power to halt the country's plans to expand ethanol production amid rising food prices.

Economist: Trim use of biofuels

The U.S. and European Union should reconsider a shift to biofuels that has helped increase food prices worldwide by turning agricultural land over to energy crops, American economist Jeffrey Sachs said Monday.