0B4830CDA41914C287258951007A3F3A Hearing Summary

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BILL SUMMARY For HB23-1127

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Date Feb 9, 2023
Location LSB A

HB23-1127 - Postponed Indefinitely

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03:15:20 PM

Sponsor of the bill,
Representative Winter, gave an overview of House Bill 23-1127 Consumers
Right to Use Energy. The bill protects the customer's right to use natural
gas, propane, solar photovoltaics, micro wind turbines, or micro hydroelctricity.
The committee asked questions about how many localities have these regulations
in place.

03:27:20 PM

Ruth Hund, representing
themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Meghan MacKillop, representing
Colorado Municipal League, testified in opposition to the bill. Susan Nedell,
representing Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), testified in opposition
to the bill. Ron Bennett, representing 350 Colorado, testified in opposition
to the bill. Sarah Snead, representing Sierra Club, testified in opposition
to the bill.

The committee asked questions about what would happen if net zero carbon
was reached.

03:43:13 PM

Mr. Daniel Binning,
representing Colorado Propane Gas Associations, testified in support of
the bill. Cory Gaines, representing themself, testified in support of the
bill. Mr. Nathan Nicholson, representing Colorado Propane Gas Association
, testified in support of the bill. Dan Haley, representing Colorado Oil
& Gas Association, testified in support of the bill. Alejandra Major,
representing American Petroleum Institute, testified in support of the
bill.

The committee asked questions regarding propane tanks versus natural gas
in neighborhoods, propane efficiency, impact on the grid if dependent on
renewable energy, the cost difference between electric only homes versus
other methods, carbon dioxide implications, and natural gas heating.

Additional written testimony is included as Attachment C.

04:07:17 PM

The sponsor of the bill gave closing comments.

The committee gave closing comments.

04:37:35 PM	Motion	Refer House Bill 23-1127 to the Committee of the Whole.
	Moved	Winter T.
	Seconded	DeGraaf

	DeGraaf	Yes
	Dickson	No
	Evans	Yes
	Froelich	No
	Valdez	No
	Velasco	No
	Vigil	No
	Weissman	No
	Winter T.	Yes
	Willford	No
	Kipp	No
		YES: 3 NO: 8 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL

04:37:53 PM	Motion	Postpone House Bill 23-1127 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	Weissman
	Seconded	Willford

	DeGraaf	No
	Dickson	Yes
	Evans	No
	Froelich	Yes
	Valdez	Yes
	Velasco	Yes
	Vigil	Yes
	Weissman	Yes
	Winter T.	No
	Willford	Yes
	Kipp	Yes
	Final	YES: 8 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

HB23-1127 - Postponed Indefinitely

Colorado General Assembly