Senator Kipp and Senator Ball, co-prime sponsors, introduced and explained House Bill 26-1007 Improve Customer Use Distributed Energy. The bill prohibits energy providers from imposing certain restrictions on the installation or use of portable-scale solar generation devices and meter collar adapters

The sponsors responded to questions from the committee.

KC Becker, representing COSSA, testified in support of the bill. Jon Knauer, representing ConnectDER, testified in support of the bill. Wes Schrock, representing Bright Saver, testified in support of the bill. Chauntille Roberts, representing Vote Solar, testified in support of the bill. Utah Representative Raymond Ward, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.

The prior panel responded to questions from the committee.

Garrett Royer, representing Sierra Club Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Will Toor, representing Colorado Energy Office, testified in support of the bill. Jamie Valdez, representing GreenLatinos, testified in support of the bill. Cindy Copeland, representing Boulder County, testified in support of the bill. Clare McLaughlin, representing Colorado Communities for Climate Action, testified in support of the bill.

Carolyn Dickerson, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Austin Mickles, representing Solar United Neighbors, testified in support of the bill. Laura Puckett-Daniels, representing Gunnison County, testified in support of the bill. Elizabeth Mays, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Tina Marquis, representing City of Boulder, testified in support of the bill.

The prior panel responded to questions from the committee.

Taylor Ward, representing Colorado Rural Electric Association, testified to amend the bill. Nicole Means, representing Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities (CAMU), testified to amend the bill. Travis Madsen, representing Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, testified in support of the bill. Devin Camacho, representing Mountain View Electric Association, testified to amend the bill. Cameron Hanson, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Sarah Abbott, representing Delta-Montrose Electric Association, testified in a neutral position on the bill.

The prior panel responded to questions from the committee.

Sara Cassidy, representing Black Hills Energy, testified to amend the bill. Emma Donahue, representing Colorado Municipal League, testified to amend the bill. Ben Lundington, representing Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, testified to amend the bill. Clinton Rhodes, representing City of Longmont - Longmont Power & Communications, testified to amend the bill. Michelle Lepin, representing Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska (MEAN), testified to amend the bill. Rob Liechty, representing CORE Electric Cooperative, testified to amend the bill. John Krueger, representing Associa, testified to amend the bill.

The prior panel responded to questions from the committee.

The prior panel responded to questions from the committee.

Written testimony is included as Attachment G.

The sponsors further explained amendments L.010, L.011, L.012, L.013, L.015, and L.016 (Attachments H, I, J, K, L, and M). The sponsors responded to questions about the amendments.

Committee members gave closing comments on the bill.