On Sept. 23, 2026, the Weld County Board of Commissioners has approved the Chalk Bluffs Energy Project, a $1.67 billion wind, solar, and battery storage facility on private ranchland along the Colorado-Wyoming line.

Understanding the nuances of energy infrastructure is complicated and it is common that misconceptions arise, but it is important to set the record straight with factual information. The Save the Chalk Bluffs website contains a number of factual inaccuracies, misleading framings, and unsupported claims about the proposed Chalk Bluffs Energy Project as of July 2026, and about renewable energy more broadly.