Colorado has provided the blueprint for integrating community power
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- Colorado is tapping private investment and competitive market forces to deliver new grid capacity years faster and at lower cost to customers than utility-owned infrastructure alone.
- Common Charge Executive Director Mary Rafferty authored the argument, casting the state's approach as a blueprint for integrating community power.
Why it matters: Rafferty's argument frames Colorado's competitive model as a proven alternative to utility-only buildout, a pitch aimed at states and policymakers weighing how to expand grid capacity as electricity demand rises.
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