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S_TRA_2022A 01/20/2022 10:41:28 AM Committee Summary

PUBLIC
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JOINT SENATE TRANSPORTATION & ENERGY AND HOUSE ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Date 01/20/2022
Attendance
Bernett X
Coram X
Cutter X
Donovan X
Froelich X
Hanks X
Hisey *
Hooton X
Pettersen *
Pico X
Scott X
Sirota X
Soper *
Titone X
Weissman X
Will X
Woog X
Zenzinger X
Winter X
Valdez A. X
Time 10:41:28 AM to 01:41:47 PM
Place Old State Library
This Meeting was called to order by Valdez A.
This Report was prepared by Nina Forbes
Hearing Items Action Taken
Presentation from the Office of the State Auditor Committee Discussion Only
SMART Act Presentation from the Colorado Energy Office Committee Discussion Only
SMART Act Presentation from the Public Utilities Commission Committee Discussion Only
SMART Act Presentation from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Committee Discussion Only
Public Testimony Committee Discussion Only

Presentation from the Office of the State Auditor - Committee Discussion Only

10:42:11 AM  
Michelle Colin, Deputy
State Auditor, and Jenny Atchley, Audit Manager, introduced themselves
and gave an overview of the audit reporting process.
10:45:06 AM  
Ms. Colin gave a
brief summary summary of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
(COGCC) performance audit. COGCC audit documents are included as Attachment
A. Ms.
Colin described the findings of the audit report, including areas of improvement
for reporting and described the recommendations they gave the Colorado
Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for improving the reporting process.
10:49:00 AM  
Ms. Colin answered
questions from the committee.
11:00:08 AM  
Ms. Atchley gave
a brief overview of the Annual Report of Audit Recommendations Not Fully
Implemented (Attachment B).
11:02:00 AM  
Ms. Atchley answered questions from the committee.



SMART Act Presentation from the Colorado Energy Office - Committee Discussion Only
11:04:16 AM  
Executive Director
Will Toor, Colorado Energy Office (CEO), and Dominique Gomez, Deputy Director
of the CEO, introduced themselves and gave an overview of their office
structure, their fiscal year 2022-23 goals and how they plan to accomplish
those goals. Mr. Toor also described the CEO's performance management process,
CEO's fiscal year 2022-23 budget requests, CEO's legislative agenda, regulatory
agenda, stimulus funding implementation, and equity, diversity, and inclusion
work. CEO's presentation is included as Attachment C and CEO January 2022
reporting documents are included as Attachment D.
11:24:32 AM  
Mr. Toor and Ms.
Gomez answered questions from the committee.



SMART Act Presentation from the Public Utilities Commission - Committee Discussion Only

12:13:29 PM  
Patty Salazar, Executive
Director of Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), and Doug Dean, Director
of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), introduced themselves and gave
an overview of the PUC's role under DORA. Mr. Dean gave an overview of
the PUC's organizational chart, fiscal year 2021-22 goals, value add to
the State of Colorado, transparency and communication work, performance
mangement goals, fiscal year 2021-22 budget snapshot, 2022 legislative
request, 2022 regulatory agenda, and the equity, diversity, and inclusion
plan. The PUC's presentation is included as Attachment E. DORA's 2022 regulatory
agenda is included as Attachment F and DORA's 2022 performance plan is
included as Attachment G.
12:19:57 PM  
Mr. Dean and Ms.
Salazar answered questions from the committee.
Pam Fischhaber,
Director of Public Safety, also answered questions from the committee.
Casey Hensley,
Program, Enforcement, and Risk Engineer, also answered questions from the
committee.



SMART Act Presentation from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission - Committee Discussion Only

12:49:01 PM  
Dan Gibbs, Executive
Director for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Alice Cosgrove-Horgan,
Legislative Director of DNR, Julie Murphy, Director of the Colorado Oil
and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC), and Jarrett Ellis, Finance Manger
of the COGCC, introduced themselves. Mr. Gibbs described DNR's mission,
vision, and values, organizational chart, fiscal year 2021-22 operating
budget, fiscal year 2021-22 goals, stimulus funding usage, fiscal year
2022-23 budget request, 2022 legislative agenda, and diversity, equity,
and inclusion work. The DNR-COGCC presentation is included as Attachment
H. DNR's 2022 regulatory agenda is included as Attachment I and DNR's 2022
performance plan is included as Attachment J.
01:05:45 PM  
Mr. Gibbs answered questions from the committee.
01:05:58 PM  
Ms. Murphy discussed
COGCC's regulatory agenda and rulemaking update under Senate Bill 19-181,
an update on the Orphan Well Program and the Infrastructure Investment
& Jobs Act, COGCC federal funding opportunities and criteria, and planning
and implementation of grants.
01:23:49 PM  
Ms. Murphy answered questions from the committee.



Public Testimony - Committee Discussion Only
01:41:25 PM  
There was no one
signed up for public testimony.


01:41:47 PM   The committee adjourned.