Colorado Energy Office Executive Director Will Toor joined a group of “renewable” energy advocates on a press call recently, arguing that Congress should retain Inflation Reduction Act tax credits for wind, solar, and grid-scale batteries, rather than reallocating the funds to other technologies, including nuclear power, which President Trump has set as a priority.
Underpinning that argument is that wind, solar and batteries are the “fastest and most affordable way for utilities to meet this demand.”
That’s not what a April 2025 report, commissioned by the energy office itself, has found.
On the contrary, the report from Ascend Analytics, “Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in Colorado’s Electric Sector by 2040,” places the wind, solar and battery scenario as the most expensive of seven emissions…
