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Last Updated: Jun 12 2018 · 7:44 p.m.

Xcel's predictions for changes in its energy mix under a new proposal. (Xcel Energy)

Xcel wants to double renewable energy production in Colorado by 2026

Under Xcel's proposal, wind, hydro and solar power would grow to make up 55 percent of its energy production, compared to 29 percent today.

A streetcar conductor and a streetcar operator pose with Denver City Tramway Company car number 68 on Larimer Street between 16th and 17th streets in 1906. (J.E. Kunkle/Western History and Genealogy/Denver Public Library)

Could you have ridden a Denver trolley to work? This map will tell you

At their peak, they had more mileage and vehicles than RTD's modern rail system. And it was this system that planted the random pockets of density that Denver treasures today.