8E7E138B85D55D9287258529005DF518 Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For SB20-168SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCEDate Mar 12, 2020 Location SCR 357 SB20-168 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/66588C741902...$File/200312 AttachD.pdf?OpenElement 200312 AttachD.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/BC78F1B9717E...$File/200312 AttachE.pdf?OpenElement 200312 AttachE.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2020A/commsumm.nsf/0/20F6229C9F44...$File/200312 AttachF.pdf?OpenElement 200312 AttachF.pdf 11:06:33 AM Senators Hansen and Pettersen introduced Senate Bill 20-168. The bill extends and expands a property tax exemption for community solar gardens and increases coal severance tax collections to reimburse local governments for the reduction in local property tax revenue under the bill and for transfer to the Just Transition Fund. The reimbursement is a new TABOR refund mechanism. The bill sponsors distributed amendment L.004 (Attachment D). 11:14:51 AM The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee. 11:33:05 AM Kevin Cray, Coalition for Community Solar Access, testified in support of the bill. Daniel Merkle, Pivot Energy, testified in support of the bill. Kyle Sundman, Namaste Solar, testified in support of the bill. 11:48:54 AM Suzann Kuhns, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 111, testified in opposition to the bill. 11:52:41 AM Phil Hayes, IBEW 111, testified in opposition to the bill. 11:56:42 AM Richard Orf, Associated Governments of Northern Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. 11:59:35 AM Patrick Boyle, Colorado Competitive Council, testified in opposition to the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 12:10:07 PM Carl Smith, SMART Transportation, testified in opposition to the bill. Pat Sollars, Peabody Energy, testified in opposition to the bill. Dianna Orf, Colorado Mining Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Stan Dempsey, Colorado Mining Association, testified in opposition to the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. A handout was distributed to the committee (Attachment E). 12:34:25 PM Eliza Schultz, Colorado Communities for Climate Action, testified in support of the bill. Mike Kruger, Colorado Solar and Storage Association, testified in support of the bill. Brett Moore, EDP Renewables and the Interwest Energy Alliance, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 12:51:09 PM Senator Hansen distributed amendment L.008 (Attachment F). He explained the amendment and noted it was a replacement for amendment L.004. 12:52:06 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.008 Moved Hansen Seconded Hansen Lundeen Tate Todd Woodward Lee Gonzales YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 12:52:15 PM Senator Hansen gave concluding remarks regarding the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 01:04:49 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 20-168, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Hansen Seconded Hansen Yes Lundeen No Tate Excused Todd Yes Woodward No Lee Yes Gonzales Yes Final YES: 4 NO: 2 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS