What Will It Do?

The Fund will raise over $200 million per year for investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and soil carbon sequestration exclusively in Colorado.  There will be a net savings to the citizens of Colorado because we will be using -- and buying -- less energy.  Clean Energy Progress estimates that there will be approximately a two-to-one return on investment.  That is, we will save around $400 million per year.

What Will It Cost?

The Clean Energy Progress Fund will place a small fee on two major sources of global warming pollution in the state: electricity and natural gas.  The plan will cost a Colorado household with average energy usage just $2.50 per month.  Click here for details.

Will It Reduce Global Warming Pollution?

The investments made by the Fund will reduce Colorado’s global warming pollution over 20%.  This is in addition to the 20% proposed in the Colorado Climate Action Plan.  Click here for details.

What is the Triple Win?

Strong Economy:  We are quite literally tearing up hundred-dollar bills and throwing them out our windows.  The energy efficiency measures promoted by the Fund will save everyone money.  And, what boosts the economy more than good jobs?  Renewable energy creates far more employment than its fossil fuel alternatives. 

Energy Security:  Colorado is blessed with abundant renewable energy from nature: sunshine, wind, and biomass.  We have the technology today to begin replacing our insecure imported energy infrastructure with reliable renewables.  When we are blackmailed by Hugo Chavez and Vladimir Putin over energy supplies we can be in a position to tell them just where to put their oil.

Environmental Health:  The environmental beauty of Colorado enriches all our lives.  And yet global warming is threatening the environment -- with deeper and more prolonged droughts, increased wild fires, diminished crop yields, reduced snow pack, and rapidly expanding bark beetles.  With the Fund we will achieve and exceed the global warming emissions reductions set out in the 2007 Colorado Climate Action Plan.  And, perhaps more importantly, it will help ensure that our children inherit the Earth in a better condition than we received it.