2C891B5C9DADBB4987258ADF00589B74 Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For HB24-1246HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTDate Mar 13, 2024 Location LSB A HB24-1246 - Postponed Indefinitely Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/65652EBC7AB1...$File/Attachment A.pdf?OpenElement Attachment A.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/0AFFF91BC320...$File/Attachment B Merged.pdf?OpenElement Attachment B Merged.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/375E9964DD4B...$File/Attachment C.pdf?OpenElement Attachment C.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/C17DAFFD948C...$File/Attachment D.pdf?OpenElement Attachment D.pdf 10:07:58 AM The committee took a brief recess. 10:13:38 AM The committee came back to order. 10:13:59 AM Representative DeGraaf, prime sponsor of the bill, introduced House Bill 24-1246 Electric Grid Resilience Temporary Carbon Dioxide Regulation. The bill requires the state to develop a geomagnetic storm contingency plan and prohibits the regulation of carbon dioxide, as a pollutant. Representative DeGraaf provided the committee with a presentation on the bill (Attachment A). 11:01:36 AM The committee asked the bill sponsor questions on the bill. 11:24:37 AM Mr. Paul Sherman, representing Conservation Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. The committee asked the witness questions. 11:25:25 AM Karthik Krishna, representing KKrish Energy, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Lynda Zamora Wilson, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Donna LaBelle, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. David Moran, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Joseph Weiss, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Glenn Rhoades, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Additional written testimony is included as Attachments B.1 and B.2. 11:48:19 AM The committee asked the panel of witnesses questions. 12:04:03 PM Representative DeGraaf introduced amendments L.001 (Attachment C) and L.002 (Attachment D). 12:08:00 PM Representative DeGraaf asked the amendment be severed into L.001 (A) which includes lines 1-13 and L.001(B) which includes lines 14-19. 12:16:29 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.001A Moved DeGraaf Seconded Weinberg Bottoms Yes DeGraaf Yes Froelich Yes Joseph Yes Rutinel Yes Titone No Valdez Yes Velasco Yes Vigil No Weinberg Yes Winter T. Yes Willford Yes Kipp Yes YES: 11 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 12:17:54 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.002 Moved DeGraaf Seconded Bottoms Bottoms DeGraaf Froelich Joseph Rutinel Titone Valdez Velasco Vigil Weinberg Winter T. Willford Kipp YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 12:20:25 PM The sponsor gave closing comments on the bill. 12:24:25 PM The committee gave closing comments on the bill. 12:33:59 PM Motion Refer House Bill 24-1246, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. Moved DeGraaf Seconded Bottoms Bottoms Yes DeGraaf Yes Froelich No Joseph No Rutinel No Titone No Valdez No Velasco No Vigil No Weinberg Yes Winter T. Yes Willford No Kipp No YES: 4 NO: 9 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL 12:34:35 PM Motion Postpone House Bill 24-1246 indefinitely using a reversal of the previous roll call. There was no objection to the use of the reverse roll call, therefore, the bill was postponed indefinitely. Moved Joseph Seconded Willford Bottoms No DeGraaf No Froelich Yes Joseph Yes Rutinel Yes Titone Yes Valdez Yes Velasco Yes Vigil Yes Weinberg No Winter T. No Willford Yes Kipp Yes Final YES: 9 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS