Denver November 2004 Election
The Secretary of State has certified Amendment 37 for the November 2nd ballot, according to the Rocky Mountain News [August 18, 2004, "Energy proposal makes ballot"]. From the article, "The plan would require Colorado's seven largest utilities to get 10 percent of their electricity from renewable sources such as the sun or wind by 2015. It also limits the amount that an average residential electric bill can be increased by the new mandate to 50 cents a month...Manolo Gonzalez-Estay, a spokesman for Coloradans for Clean Energy, said Colorado is served by 60 utilities that generate electricity using primarily coal and natural gas. He said requiring 10 percent of electricity to come from the wind and sun was equivalent to eliminating the pollution from 600,000 cars per year. But Stoffel said companies like Xcel already are working on renewable energy. The Public Utilities Commission last week approved Xcel's request to add 500 megawatts of wind power to its system as part of its least-cost resource plan. The plan calls for 3,600 megawatts of generating capacity to be added to the system by 2013, Stoffel said. Xcel expedited the wind power portion to take advantage of a federal production tax credit that Congress is expected to approve, possibly later this year."
Here are the statewide ballot issues for the November 2nd election from the Rocky Mountain News:
Referendum A: State personnel system
Referendum B: Obsolete constitutional provisions
Amendment 34: Construction liability/property owners' rights
Amendment 35: Tobacco tax increase for health-related purposes
Amendment 36: Selection of presidential electors
Amendment 37: Renewable energy requirement
Al Knight discusses the ballot issues in his column in today's Denver Post [August 18, 2004, "Ballot issues disappoint"].
Colorado Luis: "Can we now stop talking about that Electoral College 'reform' initiative as a good way to peel off electoral votes from Bush in a 'red' state?"
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