Edie Hooton
- Democratic
Primary
The act concerns the concept of "community choice energy" (CCE) (also known as community choice aggregation or CCA), under which a community, or group of communities, may choose to purchase their electricity from a wholesale supplier other than the local investor-owned electric utility. The act declares that CCE has the potential to enable communities to meet their renewable energy goals and to reduce their electricity rates by allowing wholesale competition and local control over the energy supplier and energy mix without changing the local utility's current status as sole supplier of electric transmission, distribution, billing, and customer service functions.To lay the groundwork for evaluating the potential adoption of CCE in Colorado, the act proposes an investigatory proceeding at the public utilities commission that would invite testimony and documentation from interested stakeholders, utilities, the public, invited subject-matter experts, and persons with firsthand knowledge of CCE operations, including regulators from states in which CCE has been implemented. The proceeding would address a series of questions and topics that are specified in the act, with the goal of better understanding CCE in the Colorado context and identifying best practices that would allow CCE to function well in Colorado if adopted. The act does not change current statutes and regulations governing the electricity system.The act directs the commission to submit a report summarizing the investigatory proceeding to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over energy matters by December 15, 2022.The act appropriates $48,391 to the department of regulatory agencies for use by the public utilities commission to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Governor Signed
Sent to the Governor
Signed by the Speaker of the House
Signed by the President of the Senate
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations
Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment + Appropriations
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Signed Act (06/25/2021) | |
| Final Act (06/23/2021) | |
| Rerevised (06/02/2021) | |
| Revised (06/01/2021) | |
| Reengrossed (05/22/2021) | |
| Engrossed (05/20/2021) | |
| Introduced (04/09/2021) | |
| PA3 (05/27/2021) | |
| PA2 (05/14/2021) | |
| PA1 (04/30/2021) | |
| Committee Amendment |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Note SA1 (05/12/2021) | |
| Fiscal Note SA2 (05/31/2021) | |
| Fiscal Note FN1 (04/21/2021) | |
| Fiscal Note FN2 (08/24/2021) |
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