8480F503AFEC6C41872589810065EEEB Hearing Summary

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB23-1247

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Date Mar 29, 2023
Location LSB A

HB23-1247 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations

Attachment Tag

File Name

Attachment

Attachment N.pdf

Attachment

Attachment O Merged.pdf

Attachment

Attachment P.pdf

12:34:29 PM

Representatives Lukens
and Winter, co-prime sponsors, gave an overview of House Bill 23-1247 Access
Advanced Energy Solutions in Rural Colorado. The bill requires the Colorado
Energy Office to conduct studies of electric transmission and energy generation
in rural Colorado.

12:36:50 PM

Ms. Emerald Thomas,
representing themself, testified to amend the bill. Dr. Velma Campbell,
representing themself, testified to amend the bill. Lynn Segal, representing
themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Giselle Herzfeld, representing
350 Colorado, testified to amend the bill. Mr. Christopher Allred, representing
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, testified in opposition to the
bill.

12:55:55 PM

Ms. Leslie Glustrom,
representing Clean Energy Action, testified to amend the bill. Mr. Richard
Andrews, representing themself, testified to amend the bill. Mr. Andrews
provided the committee a handout (Attachment N). Ms. Jan Rose, representing
Colorado Coalition for a Livable Climate (CCLC), testified to amend the
bill.

01:04:00 PM

Phil Ord, representing
themself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Douglas Sandridge, representing
themself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. D'Oreo, speaking on behalf
of Mark Hinaman, representing Fire2Fission, testified in support of the
bill. Tamara Haynes-Norton, representing themself, testified in support
of the bill. Ryan Pickering, representing themself, testified in support
of the bill. Commissioner Kevin Ross, representing Weld County, testified
in support of the bill. Julia DeWahl, representing themself, testified
in support of the bill.

01:20:16 PM

The committee asked the panel questions.

01:23:12 PM

Richard Orf, representing Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Jacob Tellez, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Dean Krueger, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Wilson Harper, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Tiffany Dickenson, representing Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

01:40:57 PM

The committee asked the panel questions.

01:41:08 PM

Mr. Timothy Coleman, representing Colorado Rural Electric Association, testified in support of the bill. Kathleen Nelson Romans, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Greg Brophy, representing The Western Way, testified in support of the bill. Director Will Toor, representing Colorado Energy Office, testified in support of the bill.

01:49:52 PM

The committee asked
the panel questions.

Additional written
testimony is included as Attachments O.1-O.7.

01:50:09 PM

The sponsors introduced
and gave an overview of amendment L.001 (Attachment P).

01:53:23 PM	Motion	Adopt amendment L.001
	Moved	Winter T.
	Seconded	Froelich

	DeGraaf
	Dickson
	Evans
	Froelich
	Valdez
	Velasco
	Vigil
	Weissman
	Winter T.
	Willford
	Kipp
		YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

01:53:24 PM

The sponsors gave closing comments on the bill.

01:53:43 PM

The committee gave closing comments on the bill.

02:00:12 PM	Motion	Refer House Bill 23-1247, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
	Moved	Winter T.
	Seconded	DeGraaf

	DeGraaf	Yes
	Dickson	Yes
	Evans	Yes
	Froelich	Yes
	Valdez	Yes
	Velasco	Yes
	Vigil	Yes
	Weissman	Yes
	Winter T.	Yes
	Willford	Excused
	Kipp	Yes
	Final	YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

HB23-1247 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations

Colorado General Assembly