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Why Colorado Coal Plants Won't Close Early After All

KVNF - Mountain Grown Community Radio | By Jodi Peterson
Published January 24, 2021 at 12:21 PM MST
Cody Perry

Colorado regulators proposed early closures for three coal-fired power plants to improve air quality and fight climate change. Then they reversed the decision a month later. Jodi Peterson reports on the proposal and why it was abandoned. This story was produced as part of a collaborative project reporting on the impacts of fossil fuels, coordinated by the Rocky Mountain Community Radio Coalition.

 

    
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NEWS Air QualityColorado Energy OfficeLarimer CountyPollutionCoalMoffat CountyEl Paso CountyAir Quality Control CommissionTri-State Generation and Transmission AssociationEarthJusticeCraigfossil fuelsXcel EnergyClean AirRMCR Fossil Fuel Reporting CollaborationRocky Mountain Community Radio CoalitionRawhideRay NixonMichael HiattPlatte River Power AuthorityColorado Springs UtilitiesStephanie KodishNational Parks Conservation AssociationElise JonesRon BinzColorado Public Utilities Commission
Jodi Peterson
Jodi Peterson grew up on Colorado’s Front Range and attended Colorado State University, earning a B.A. in English and an M.A. in communication development. She spent 16 years working as a technical communicator with computer company Hewlett-Packard, then made a career shift to journalism. In 2005, she became news editor for the award-winning nonprofit newsmagazine High Country News; later she served as its managing editor for five years. In 2017, she went part-time as a contributing editor. Jodi was hired as KVNF’s news director in April 2019, and shifted to the news editor role in November 2020, before going freelance in January 2021.
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