Date: 04/16/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB15-254

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, & ENERGY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer Senate Bill 15-254 to the Committee of the WPASS



01:36 PM -- SB 15-254

Senator Grantham, sponsor, described the provisions of Senate Bill 15-254 concerning the renewable energy standard for new solar. Under current law, for both cooperative electric associations (CEAs) and municipally owned utilities (MOUs), a 3-times multiplier applies to each kilowatt-hour of electricity generated from solar electric generation technologies that begin producing electricity on or before July 1, 2015, for purposes of meeting Colorado's renewable energy standard. The bill extends this deadline to December 31, 2016, for MOUs but not for CEAs.

The following persons testified on the bill:

01:38 PM -- Chris Worley, Colorado Energy Office, spoke in support of the bill.

01:39 PM -- Dan Hodges, Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities, spoke in support of the bill.

01:39 PM

The chair closed testimony and Senator Grantham closed his remarks on the bill.

BILL:SB15-254
TIME: 01:40:25 PM
MOVED:Roberts
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 15-254 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Baumgardner
Yes
Cooke
Yes
Donovan
Yes
Garcia
Yes
Hodge
Yes
Jones
Yes
Scott
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS