H_ENE_2023A 03/16/2023 01:33:04 PM Committee Summary

PUBLIC
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Date

03/16/2023

Attendance
DeGraaf	X
Dickson	X
Evans	X
Froelich	E
Valdez	X
Velasco	X
Vigil	X
Weissman	X
Winter T.	X
Willford	X
Kipp	X

Time

01:33:04 PM to 02:10:00 PM

Place

LSB A

This Meeting was called to order by

Kipp

This Report was prepared by

Samantha Falco

Hearing Items	Action Taken
hHB23-1234	Amended, referred to House Appropriations

HB23-1234 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations

Attachment Tag

File Name

Attachment

Attachment

Attachment

Attachment

01:35:41 PM

Representatives Soper
and Brown, co-sponsors of the bill, gave a brief overview of House Bill
23-1234 Streamlined Solar Permitting and Inspection Grants. The bill creates
the streamlined solar permitting and inspection grant program.

01:39:38 PM

The sponsors answered questions from the committee on the bill.

01:39:54 PM

Mr. Mike Kruger, representing Colorado Solar & Storage Association, testified in support of the bill. Keith Hay, representing Colorado Energy Office, testified in support of the bill. Jacob Smith, representing Colorado Communities for Climate Action, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Richard Hubler, representing Alamosa County Land Use & Building, testified in support of the bill.

01:53:04 PM

The panel answered
questions from the committee.

Additional written
testimony is included as Attachment A.

01:53:23 PM

The bill sponsors
introduced and gave an overview of amendment L.003 (Attachment B).

01:55:55 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.003
	Moved	Valdez
	Seconded	Willford

	DeGraaf
	Dickson
	Evans
	Froelich	Excused
	Valdez
	Velasco
	Vigil
	Weissman
	Winter T.
	Willford
	Kipp
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

01:55:57 PM

The bill sponsors
introduced and gave an overview of amendment L.005 (Attachment C).

01:56:46 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.005
	Moved	Valdez
	Seconded	Willford

	DeGraaf
	Dickson
	Evans
	Froelich	Excused
	Valdez
	Velasco
	Vigil
	Weissman
	Winter T.
	Willford
	Kipp
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

01:56:49 PM

The bill sponsors
introduced and gave an overview of amendment L.006 (Attachment D).

01:57:32 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.006
	Moved	Valdez
	Seconded	Willford

	DeGraaf
	Dickson
	Evans
	Froelich	Excused
	Valdez
	Velasco
	Vigil
	Weissman
	Winter T.
	Willford
	Kipp
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

01:57:34 PM

The sponsors gave closing comments on the bill.

01:58:27 PM

The committee gave closing comments on the bill.

02:02:48 PM	Motion	Refer House Bill 23-1234, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
	Moved	Willford
	Seconded	Valdez

	DeGraaf	Yes
	Dickson	Yes
	Evans	Yes
	Froelich	Excused
	Valdez	Yes
	Velasco	Yes
	Vigil	Yes
	Weissman	Yes
	Winter T.	Yes
	Willford	Yes
	Kipp	Yes
	Final	YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

02:10:00 PM

The committee adjourned.

HB23-1234 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations

Colorado General Assembly