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The Colorado Energy Office also provides federally funded grid monitoring and grid hardening grant programs; these programs help eligible utilities prevent fires and offer protection from ...
Small-scale solar, including customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 1,703 GWh to Colorado's electricity grid in 2023. This compares as about one-half the amount generated by the state's utility-scale photovoltaic plants. [1] In 2004, Colorado became the first state with a voter-approved renewable portfolio standard (RPS).
Off-the-grid or off-grid is a characteristic of buildings and a lifestyle [1] designed in an independent manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. The term "off-the-grid" traditionally refers to not being connected to the electrical grid , but can also include other utilities like water, gas, and sewer systems, and can scale from ...
An autonomous building is a building designed to be operated independently from infrastructural support services such as the electric power grid, gas grid, municipal water systems, sewage treatment systems, storm drains, communication services, and in some cases, public roads. The literature mostly refers to housing, or the autonomous house.
Sangre de Cristo Ranches is a private, rural subdivision located in the heart of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range in Southern Colorado. It can be accessed from Route 160 at the eastern edge of the San Luis Valley, about 50 miles (80 km) west of Walsenburg, 1-mile (1.6 km) east of Fort Garland, and 30 miles (48 km) east of Alamosa.
The Town of Crestone is a Statutory Town in Saguache County, Colorado. [1] According to the 2020 United States Census, the town's population was 141. [4] Crestone is located at the foot of the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo Range, in the northern part of the San Luis Valley.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a new bill into law on May 23, 2022, sending eligible tax filers $750 checks -- $1,500 for married couples -- via the Colorado Cash Back program. See: Do You Have a...
Banning-Lewis Ranches was a successful cattle-ranching operation located east of Colorado Springs, managed by Raymond W. Lewis and Ruth Banning Lewis. The Lewises eventually acquired more than 30,000 acres on which Colorado Domino Type Herefords were raised. They won the Colorado Soil Conservation program award in 1948. [1]