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Solar in Denver, Colorado: city-level honesty
Colorado is one of the few states with verified $/W data on this site (≈ $2.65/W, 2026, EnergySage) — and its sunny winters are the reason solar performs better here than its latitude suggests.
Honesty gate: state-level figures below are sourced; city-specific claims stay labeled in review until verified against primary local data.
- Utility: Xcel Energy
- State guide: Colorado — export rules, incentives and source notes
- Measured sun (Colorado): 4.98 kWh/m²/day (source: 2024 solar radiation (GHI, kWh/m2/day) at each state's capital, Open-Meteo archive (ERA5 reanalysis), measured daily sums -> monthly means, fetched 2026-08-08. State-wide average for the capital's site; an exact roof differs (tilt, shade).)
What standing here means
Verified state figures — export value, incentives, $/W — live on the Colorado page; they are the numbers we can stand behind.
The honest next step
City-level numbers come from real quotes, not websites: use the solar planning calculator with your bill and utility assumptions, then score three itemized bids with the quote scorecard.