{"id":23737,"date":"2019-05-15T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/frisco-again-commits-to-100-renewable-energy\/"},"modified":"2019-05-15T17:04:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T23:04:00","slug":"frisco-again-commits-to-100-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/frisco-again-commits-to-100-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Frisco again commits to 100% renewable energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/AskEartha-SDN-112015.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/AskEartha-SDN-112015.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/AskEartha-SDN-112015-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption><strong>Frisco is committed to achieving 100% renewable energy by 2035.<\/strong><br \/><em>Getty Images\/iStockphoto | iStockphoto<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The town of Frisco joined 10 other Colorado communities in committing to reach 100% renewable energy by 2035 after passing a resolution at the town\u2019s regular council meeting on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe town of Frisco and other Summit County communities are leading the way as Colorado moves to 100% clean energy,\u201d said Kent Abernethy, chair of the Colorado Sierra Club\u2019s Headwaters Group. \u201cThe leadership of communities like Frisco has helped pave the way for statewide leadership in clean energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The move comes after the formation of a renewable energy task force for Frisco late last year, lead by Tiernan Spencer and Fran Long, and the adoption of the Summit Community Climate Action Plan adopted in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Last year Xcel Energy, the utility that provides power to Frisco, earned approval from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to replace some coal generation with clean energy as part of a $2.5 billion investment in renewable energy. In December last year, Xcel rolled out a new plan to deliver 100% clean energy by 2050.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cFrisco\u2019s future depends on a clean, livable climate,\u201d said Spencer, leader of Frisco\u2019s renewable energy task force. \u201cWe applaud the town of Frisco for its leadership in tackling climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/local\/frisco-again-commits-to-100-renewable-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frisco is committed to achieving 100% renewable energy by 2035.Getty Images\/iStockphoto | iStockphoto The town of Frisco joined 10 other Colorado communities in committing to reach 100% renewable energy by 2035 after passing a resolution at the town\u2019s regular council meeting on Tuesday night. \u201cThe town of Frisco and other Summit County communities are leading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 22:38:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}