Jared Polis: “During my time as Governor, the share of energy Colorado gets from low-cost clean sources has grown by nearly 75%…”

When government owns part or all of private companies, government is no longer just setting the rules—it becomes a player in the game and sets the rules to its own advantage and against the people.

By strengthening Colorado’s electric grid and expanding our ability to share power with other regions, we can better protect families and businesses during extreme weather and periods of high demand while continuing to save people money.

This means lower costs and fewer outages for Coloradans.

Both the Upper and Lower divisions of the basin are feeling the pain of severe drought, and that they were committed to continued good-faith discussions with our counterparts.