GEO releases Strategic Transmission and Renewables Report

The Governor's Energy Office (GEO) released the Strategic Transmission and Renewables (STAR) report- A Vision of Colorado's Electric Power Sector to the Year 2050 January 10, 2011. The STAR report is the fourth installment in a series of reports released by the GEO to prepare Colorado for a changing electric power landscape. 

The STAR report picks up where the GEO's Renewable Energy Development Infrastructure (REDI) report left off, delving further into the changing electricity sector landscape. The report provides detailed analyses regarding new ways in which policy-makers can plan for an optimal mix of demand side measures, supply side resources, and the transmission infrastructure necessary to deliver reliable electric power to a growing, and increasingly electrified state. The report provides potential pathways on how Colorado's electricity sector can reach the Climate Action Plan's goal: a 20 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 and an 80 percent reduction by 2050 below 2005 levels.