Business

By Dan Boyce, Inside Energy

At Casa de Sanchez in North Denver, Fareed Ali ate with some of his coworkers during a break from their job repairing home exteriors. They drive a lot and have been relishing recent low gas prices.

BRIGHTON — Candidates for the upcoming United Power direction election will be on hand to discuss their candidacies during a candidate forum from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at the MetroNorth Chamber of Commerce office in The Orchard Town Center, 14583 Orchard Parkway in Westminster.

FORT LUPTON — Fort Lupton Mayor Tommy Holton said the outcome of a straw vote taken by the governor’s oil and gas task force during an early February meeting suggests some panel members are still on the fence regarding a series of proposals that would provide more control over permitting of drilling operations for local governments.

COMMERCE CITY — The end of winter is approaching, and so is Commerce City’s annual Business Appreciation Awards Breakfast — which also means that city officials want to know who is making the biggest contributions to the area’s economic vitality.