Get in touch with our regulatory side
The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) plays a critical role in charting Colorado’s leadership in providing clean and renewable forms of energy. GEO works with communities, utilities, private and public organizations, and individuals to promote renewable energy such as wind, solar, and geothermal, as well as energy efficiency technologies in commercial and residential buildings.
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has full economic and quality of service regulatory authority over investor-owned electric, gas, and water utilities, as well as partial regulatory control over municipal utilities and electric associations. The Electricity Section of the PUC works to achieve a regulatory environment that provides safe, reliable, quality services to electric utility customers at reasonable prices and terms.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), located in Lakewood and funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior, is the nation’s largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency in the nation. USGS collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific understanding on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, national security, and protection of the environment.
The Western Area Power Authority (WAPA), located in Lakewood, is one of four power marketing administrations within the U.S. Department of Energy. WAPA markets and delivers about 10,000 megawatts of reliable, cost-based hydropower from power plants at 56 federal dams to rural electric cooperatives, cities, public utility districts, federal and state agencies, Native American tribes, and irrigation districts.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 8 office in Denver works to protect human health and the environment in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, and 27 sovereign tribal nations. The EPA works with state, local and tribal governments, businesses, non-governmental organizations, communities and individuals, as well as implementing and enforcing environmental laws pertaining to air, water, and land.
The Bureau of Reclamation, under the U.S. Department of Interior, manages, develops, and protects water and related resources. Two Reclamation Regional Offices cover the State of Colorado – Upper Colorado and Great Plains. The Reclamation’s Technical Service Center provides engineering, science, research and support for projects related to water resources and conducts research to develop and deploy new innovations for better water and power management.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) delivers engineering, project management, and technical support services to the military and civilian customers. The Corps’ environmental programs support or manage numerous initiatives including the EPA Superfund and Brownfields programs, Ecosystem Restoration, and Abandoned Mine Lands. The Corps also performs strategic planning, direction and oversight of research and development for the Corps Military and Civil Works programs.
