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[edit] Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [edit] A Ag Bill Section 9006 Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFUDC) Amendment 37 American Wind Energy Association APS Arizona REST Available transmission capacity (ATC) [edit] B "Backcasting" study of cost savings from wind energy Backup generation Balancing authority Biomass energy Bingaman, Jeff [edit] C Cap and trade Capacity factor Capacity vs. energy Capital costs of energy technologies Carbon capture and sequestration Carbon taxes CCPG Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Clean and Diversified Energy Advisory Committee (CDEAC) Clean Renewable Energy Bonds Climate change Coalition for Clean, Affordable Energy Colorado House Bill 1281 Colorado PUC Lamar wind decision of 2001 Colorado Senate Bill 100 Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) Community wind Competitive bidding Conditional firm Control area consolidation/cooperation Control areas Cost allocation Cost recovery Costs of energy CWIP [edit] D Demand-side management Deregulation Direct current Direct Normal Solar Radiation Direct use (geothermal) Distributed generation Distribution system Domenici, Pete [edit] E Eastern Plains Transmission Project Economic development Education and Training for Clean-Energy Careers Energy Policy Act of 2005 Energy Resource Zone (Colorado) Energy storage Environment Colorado [edit] F Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) FERC Order 890 Firm transmission service Freudenthal, David Frontier Line Fuel cells [edit] G GeoPowering the West Geothermal energy Global warming Grand Canyon Trust Green pricing Greenhouse gases Guinn, Kenny [edit] H Headwaters Energy and Finance High Plains Express Transmission Project Holcomb/Sunflower Electric coal plant Huntsman, Jon Jr. Hydrogen [edit] I Imbalance penalties Independent System Operator Integrated Resource Planning Interconnection Interstate Renewable Energy Council Intermountain Rural Electric Association IREA Voices [edit] J Jobs from renewable energy: project construction, operations, manufacturing [edit] K [edit] L Land use of renewable energy technologies Least-cost planning Levelized Cost of Energy LGIP Load-serving entity (LSE) [edit] M McCain, John Merchant wind power Mesalands Community College Monopsony [edit] N Nameplate capacity Napolitano, Janet National Renewable Energy Laboratory National Wind Coordinating Collaborative Net metering Nevada Power Nevada Renewable Portfolio Standard New Mexico RPS North American Wind Research and Training Center Northern Tier Transmission Group [edit] O OASIS OATT [edit] P Pacificorp Performance-based regulation PNM Postage stamp pricing Production tax credits Production tax credits: state-level Property values adjacent to wind projects Public support for clean energy: Utah PURPA [edit] Q [edit] R Rate pancaking Redispatch Reliability of solar Reliability of wind Renewable energy credits Renewable Energy Mitigation Program (REMP) Renewable Energy Transmission Authority (N.M.) Renewable Portfolio Standard Restructuring Richardson, Bill Ritter, Bill Rocky Mountain Area Transmission Study Rocky Mountain Climate Organization Rocky Mountain Power RPS: federal [edit] S Salazar, Ken "Section 123" resources Siting issues: transmission Siting issues: wind projects Small hydro Small wind Smart grid Solar America Initiative Solar energy Solar hot water heating Solar photovoltaics Solar photovoltaics: thin film Solar power: concentrating Solar thermal Southwest Climate Change Initiative Spradley, Lola Subsidies Substation SunZia Southwest Transmission Project SWAT System benefits charge [edit] T Tax policies: federal level Tax policies: state-level TOT 3 Transmission: costs and benefits Transmission: renewables-first transmission Transmission technologies TransWest Express Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association [edit] U Udall, Mark Undergrounding transmission lines, cost of Utah Clean Energy Utility Wind Integration Group [edit] V Virtual Control Area Voltage stability [edit] W Western Area Power Administration Water savings from renewable energy Western Electricity Coordinating Council Western interconnection Western Interstate Energy Board Western Resource Advocates WGA CDEAC Wildlife impacts from wind projects Wind energy Wind integration Wind integration: Arizona Wind-only transmission lines Wind power classes Wind Powering America Wind working groups WindSource Wyoming Infrastructure Authority [edit] X Xcel Energy [edit] Y [edit] Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] In the News [edit] Visit Interwest's News Aggregation Site The Interwest Energy Alliance's new news aggregation page is ready for your review at http://www.interwest.org/rss/default.aspx. This page uses Google news feeds to provide the latest news from around the West on clean energy. [edit] Report: Colorado Needs New Transmission According to a report by the Colorado Energy Foundation, Colorado will face energy shortages by 2025 unless roughly $2 billion in transmission lines, including new high voltage transmission. Read the report.