Date: 04/30/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB15-254

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY

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


11:20 AM

Representative Tyler, Chair, called the committee to order. A quorum was present.

11:20 AM -- SB 15-254

Representative Lee, prime sponsor, came to the table to present Senate Bill 15-254. 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 (RES). The bill extends this deadline to December 31, 2016, for MOUs but not for CEAs.

11:23 AM -- Dan Hodges, representing the Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities, and Kenny Romero, representing Colorado Springs Utilities, spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Hodges spoke to the construction of renewable energy projects in Colorado Springs and how the bill would allow them to take advantage of the multiplier. Mr. Romero and Mr. Hodges responded to questions on how the bill would reduce the cost of compliance with RES requirements for CEAs.

11:29 AM -- Chris Worley, representing the Colorado Energy Office, spoke in favor of the bill. Mr. Worley said that the bill extends an existing compliance tool and ensures municipal utilities can take advantage of the multiplier for projects that are currently in the pipeline but cannot be completed in time for the current statutory deadline.
BILL:SB15-254
TIME: 11:30:47 AM
MOVED:Coram
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 15-254 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0.
SECONDED:Buck
VOTE
Becker J.
Yes
Buck
Yes
Carver
Yes
Coram
Yes
Esgar
Yes
Kraft-Tharp
Yes
Melton
Yes
Moreno
Yes
Neville P.
Yes
Nordberg
Yes
Winter
Yes
Mitsch Bush
Yes
Tyler
Yes
Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS