F5114AF9066A94288725869A006E01F9 Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For SB21-072SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & ENERGYDate Mar 16, 2021 Location SCR 357 SB21-072 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment A http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/922B5E1DC0F7...$File/21SenTran0316AttachA.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0316AttachA.pdf Attachment B http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/5F34267442A7...$File/21SenTran0316AttachB.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0316AttachB.pdf Attachment C http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/DEFFD13EDD75...$File/21SenTran0316AttachC.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0316AttachC.pdf Attachment D http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/E7C66F3C039D...$File/21SenTran0316AttachD.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0316AttachD.pdf Attachment E http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/3A92ACC8F674...$File/21SenTran0316AttachE.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0316AttachE.pdf Attachment F http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/88EB297EA2FB...$File/21SenTran0316AttachF.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0316AttachF.pdf Attachment G http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/918DB1B1848E...$File/21SenTran0316AttachG.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0316AttachG.pdf Attachment H http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/BF757BF6C101...$File/21SenTran0316AttachH.pdf?OpenElement 21SenTran0316AttachH.pdf 02:05:18 PM Senators Coram and Hansen, co-sponsors of the bill, introduced Senate Bill 21-072, which would expand electric transmission facilities to potentially enable Colorado to meet its clean energy goals. The bill would also create the Colorado electric transmission authority. 02:05:19 PM Senator Hansen distributed a fact sheet on Senate Bill 21-072 (Attachment A) and a letter to the committee asking for support for the bill (Attachment B). Senator Hansen gave a presentation via PowerPoint (Attachment C) that provided an overview of electric power in the United States. He also discussed how his bill will impact Coloradans which included cost savings and increased employment. Public Testimony submitted for this bill can be found in Attachment D. 02:12:21 PM Senator Hansen distributed and introduced Amendments L.002, L.005, L.007, L.009 (Attachments E-H). 02:16:17 PM Aaron Citron, represnting the Nature Conservancy, testified in support of the bill. 02:20:15 PM Dick Brown, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. 02:23:11 PM Emilie Olson, Advanced Energy Economy, testified in support of the bill. 02:26:23 PM Mrs. Emily Gedeon, representing Colorado Sierra Club, testified in support of the bill. 02:29:05 PM Mr. Bill Levis, representing AARP Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. 02:33:12 PM Ms Frances Koncilja, representing self, testified in opposition to the bill. 02:37:17 PM Mr Steve Douglas , representing self, testified in opposition to the bill. 02:39:53 PM Alice Jackson, representing Xcel Energy, testified to amend the bill. 02:44:20 PM Mr. Bruce Barker, representing Weld County, testified to amend the bill. 02:50:51 PM Chris Pink, representing Tri-State Generation and Transmission Assn., testified to amend the bill. Mr. Pink responded to questions from the committee. 02:58:11 PM Mr. Pink responded to questions from the committee. 02:58:55 PM Geofffrey Hier, representing Colorado Rural Electric Association, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Hier responded to questions from the committee. 03:02:08 PM Jeff Baudier, representing Intermountain REA, testified in support of the bill. 03:05:22 PM Mr. Mark Detsky, representing Colorado Independent Energy Association, testified in support of the bill. 03:08:19 PM Mr Mike Kruger, representing Colorado Solar and Storage Association (COSSA), testified in support of the bill. 03:10:29 PM Daphne Gervais, representing Colorado Counties, Inc. (CCI), testified to amend the bill. 03:12:36 PM Ms. Elizabeth Peetz, representing Colorado Association of Realtors, testified to amend the bill. 03:14:16 PM Ms Jan Rose, representing Colorado Coaltion for a Livable Climate, testified to amend the bill. 03:15:44 PM Keith Hay, representing Colorado Energy Office, Governor's Office, testified to amend the bill. 03:19:06 PM Mr. Nathan Stottler, representing NRDC/E2, testified in support of the bill. 03:22:36 PM Quinn Antus, representing Signal Tech Coalition, testified in support of the bill. 03:24:56 PM Rachel Kois, representing Simple Switch, testified in support of the bill. 03:26:43 PM Mr. Reed Robins, representing self, testified in support of the bill. 03:29:41 PM Professor KK DuVivier, representing self, testified to amend the bill. 03:33:40 PM Mr. Larry Miloshevich, representing self, testified to amend the bill. 03:36:26 PM Ms. Leslie Glustrom, representing Clean Energy Action, testified to amend the bill. 03:40:11 PM Mr. Tyler Mansholt, representing Black Hills Energy, testified to amend the bill. 03:40:13 PM Mr. Mansholt and Ms. Glustrom responded to questions from the committee. 03:45:33 PM Rikki Seguin, representing Interwest Energy Alliance, testified in support of the bill. 03:49:37 PM Mr. Stephen Beuning, representing Holy Cross Electric Association d/b/a Holy Cross Energy, testified in support of the bill. 03:53:55 PM Mr. Terry Page, representing Enel North America, testified in support of the bill. 03:54:42 PM Tom Darin, representing American Clean Power Association, testified in support of the bill. 03:58:39 PM Ms Virginia Harman, representing Delta-Montrose Electric Association , testified in support of the bill. 04:01:52 PM Ms. Harman responded to questions from the committee. 04:07:39 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment E) Moved Coram Seconded Coram Donovan Hisey Scott Zenzinger Pettersen Winter YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 04:08:04 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment F) Moved Coram Seconded Coram Donovan Hisey Scott Zenzinger Pettersen Winter YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 04:08:25 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment G) Moved Coram Seconded Coram Donovan Hisey Scott Zenzinger Pettersen Winter YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 04:08:45 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment H) Moved Coram Seconded Coram Donovan Hisey Scott Zenzinger Pettersen Winter YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 04:09:23 PM Senators Coram and Hansen gave concluding remarks and responded to questions from the committee. 04:10:08 PM The committee took a brief recess. 04:15:09 PM The committee came back to order. 04:18:49 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 21-072, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Coram Seconded Coram Yes Donovan Excused Hisey Yes Scott No Zenzinger Yes Pettersen Yes Winter Yes Final YES: 5 NO: 1 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS