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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB21-1131

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Date Mar 10, 2021       Location LSB A

HB21-1131 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole
09:52:47 AM  
Representatives Amabile and Catlin, co-prime bill sponsors, introduced House Bill 21-1131 to the committee.  The bill modifies the requirements governing cooperative electric association.
10:03:58 AM  
The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.
10:04:30 AM  
Geof Hier, representing the Colorado Rural Electric Association, testified on the bill.
10:09:02 AM  
Kristin Taddonio, representing herself, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:11:28 AM  
Dave Munk, representing Holy Cross Energy Board of Directors, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:14:57 AM  
Rebecca Henderson, representing herself, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:18:41 AM  
Virginia Harman, representing herself, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:21:25 AM  
Danny Katz, representing CoPIRG, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:23:26 AM  
Patrick Berry, representing Colorado Communities for Climate Action, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:26:09 AM  
Marianne Mate, representing Smart Energy EEA, testified in support of the bill.
10:29:46 AM  
Guinn Unger, representing himself, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:32:25 AM  
Christopher Campbell, representing Atlasta Solar Center, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:35:50 AM  
Heidi Henkel, Broomfield County Commissioner, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:38:19 AM  
Susan Permut, representing herself, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:40:30 AM  
Jacob Smith, representing Colorado Communities 4 Climate Action, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:42:57 AM  
Troy Witmore, representing United Power, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:46:25 AM  
Debbie Cokes, representing San Miguel Power Association, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:48:40 AM  
Werner Heiber, representing Sustainability Alliance of Southwest Colorado, testified remotely in support of the bill.
10:50:31 AM  
Greg Brophy, representing The Western Way, testified in support of the bill.
10:50:32 AM  
The bill sponsors distributed and explained Amendments L.001 (Attachment B), L.002 (Attachment C), L.004 (Attachment D), L.005 (Attachment E).

10:52:55 AM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B).
Moved Weissman
Seconded Sirota
Bernett
Cutter
Froelich
Pico
Sirota
Soper
Titone
Van Beber
Weissman
Will
Woog
Hooton
Valdez A.
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection

10:53:47 AM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment C).
Moved Weissman
Seconded Froelich
Bernett
Cutter
Froelich
Pico
Sirota
Soper
Titone
Van Beber
Weissman
Will
Woog
Hooton
Valdez A.
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection

10:54:44 AM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment D).
Moved Weissman
Seconded Sirota
Bernett
Cutter
Froelich
Pico
Sirota
Soper
Titone
Van Beber
Weissman
Will
Woog
Hooton
Valdez A.
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection

10:55:32 AM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment E).
Moved Weissman
Seconded Sirota
Bernett
Cutter
Froelich
Pico
Sirota
Soper
Titone
Van Beber
Weissman
Will
Woog
Hooton
Valdez A.
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
10:55:33 AM  
Bill sponsors provided concluding comments.  The committee made concluding comments.

11:03:02 AM
 Motion Refer House Bill 21-1131, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Moved Hooton
Seconded Weissman
Bernett Yes
Cutter Yes
Froelich Yes
Pico Yes
Sirota Yes
Soper No
Titone Yes
Van Beber Yes
Weissman Yes
Will Yes
Woog Yes
Hooton Yes
Valdez A. Yes
Final YES: 12   NO: 1   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS