Second Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 14-0613.01 Duane Gall x4335     HOUSE BILL 14-1067
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Conti, 
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Crowder, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Transportation & Energy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning a revision in the target date to achieve the
            renewable component of the energy generation
            portfolio of cooperative electric associations under
            Colorado's renewable energy standard.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill changes the target date to achieve the renewable
       component of the energy generation portfolio of retail cooperative electric
       associations serving 100,000 or more customers, and qualifying
       wholesale utilities, which date was established in S.B. 13-252, from 2020
       to 2025.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 40-2-124, amend (1)
       (c) (V.5), (8) (b), (8) (g) (II), and (8) (g) (III) as follows:
            40-2-124.  Renewable energy standards - qualifying retail and
       wholesale utilities - definitions - net metering - legislative declaration.
       (1)  Each provider of retail electric service in the state of Colorado, other
       than municipally owned utilities that serve forty thousand customers or
       fewer, is a qualifying retail utility. Each qualifying retail utility, with the
       exception of cooperative electric associations that have voted to exempt
       themselves from commission jurisdiction pursuant to section 40-9.5-104
       and municipally owned utilities, is subject to the rules established under
       this article by the commission. No additional regulatory authority is
       provided to the commission other than that specifically contained in this
       section. In accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., the commission
       shall revise or clarify existing rules to establish the following:
            (c)  Electric resource standards:
            (V.5)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each
       cooperative electric association that provides electricity at retail to its
       customers and serves one hundred thousand or more meters shall generate
       or cause to be generated at least twenty percent of the energy it provides
       to its customers from eligible energy resources in the years 2020 2025 
       and thereafter.
            (8)  Qualifying wholesale utilities - definition - electric resource
       standard - tradable credits - reports. (b)  Electric resource standard.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each qualifying wholesale
       utility shall generate, or cause to be generated, at least twenty percent of
       the energy it provides to its Colorado members at wholesale from eligible
       energy resources in the year 2020 2025 and thereafter. If, and to the
       extent that, the purchase of energy generated from eligible energy
       resources by a Colorado member from a qualifying wholesale utility
       would cause an increase in rates for the Colorado member that exceeds
       the retail rate impact limitation in sub-subparagraph (A) of subparagraph
       (IV) of paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of this section, the obligation
       imposed on the qualifying wholesale utility is reduced by the amount of
       such energy necessary to enable the Colorado member to comply with the
       rate impact limitation.
            (g)  Reports. Each qualifying wholesale utility shall submit an
       annual report to the commission no later than June 1, 2014, and June 1 of
       each year thereafter. In addition, the qualifying wholesale utility shall post
       an electronic copy of each report on its web site and shall provide the
       commission with an electronic copy of the report. In each report, the
       qualifying wholesale utility shall:
            (II)  In the years before 2020 2025, describe whether it is making
       sufficient progress toward meeting the standard in 2020 2025 or is likely
       to meet the 2020 2025 standard early. If it is not making sufficient
       progress toward meeting the standard in 2020 2025, it shall explain why
       and shall indicate the steps it intends to take to increase the pace of
       progress; and
            (III)  In 2020 2025 and thereafter, describe whether it has achieved
       compliance with the electric resource standard established in this
       subsection (8) and whether it anticipates continuing to do so. If it has not
       achieved such compliance or does not anticipate continuing to do so, it
       shall explain why and shall indicate the steps it intends to take to meet the
       standard and by what date.
            SECTION 2.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.