Environment Indicators
Boulder County is an environmental leader on Open Space and an innovator on mass transit incentives and bike paths. Yet, challenges persist related to population growth and a rapidly changing climate.
Xcel Energy and Our Energy Supply
Xcel Energy has incrementally reduced the state’s energy supplied from coal, and continues to increase the amount of energy supplied by renewables. Progress in the shift of the Colorado energy supply must continue however in order to achieve 2020 projections and goals of a more renewable future.