Northwest Colorado Local Energy Analysis: October 2025 Results

Jamie Cutlip-Gorman; Haijing Liu; Alberto Franco Solis; Juliana Williams; Alexandra Kramer; Madison Davis; Aidan Sullivan

doi:10.66816/tp4904191

Northwest Colorado Local Energy Analysis: October 2025 Results

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Abstract

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Communities Local Energy Action Program (Communities LEAP) provided customized technical assistance to the Northwest Colorado region to assist in developing strategies that facilitate long-term economic benefits through locally driven energy planning and development. The region sought technical assistance to model alternatives energy projects in response to the expected retirement of coal-fired powers plant and associated coal mines by 2030. Northwest Colorado faces a potential economic gap due to the loss of tax revenue, labor income, and jobs within the region due to the impending closure of the Craig and Hayden Power Stations and related mining operations at Trapper and Colowyo mines.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	108
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.66816/tp4904191
State	Published - 2026

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NLR/TP-7A40-97739

Keywords

coal communities
energy
geothermal
Local Energy Action Planning
solar hydrogen
wind

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