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B715C37F557B135E872587E500753709 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB22-1018

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Date Feb 10, 2022      
Location LSB A



HB22-1018 - Amended, referred to House Finance

02:20:19 PM  
The bill sponsor,
Representative Kennedy, gave an overview of House Bill 22-1018. It establishes
income standards for utility assistance eligibility. It also requires the
Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules prohibiting gas and electric
utilities from disconnecting a customer's service under certain conditions.
02:24:07 PM  
Representative Kennedy
answered questions from the committee.
02:39:42 PM  
Ms. Jeanette Hensley,
representing Colorado Center on Aging, testified in support of the bill.
02:39:45 PM  
Mr. Andrew Bennett,
representing Energy Outreach Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
02:43:02 PM  
Ms. Hensley and Mr.
Bennett answered questions from the committee.
02:56:47 PM  
Nora Lindgren, representing Xcel Energy, testified to amend the bill.
02:56:50 PM  
Ms. Michelle Moorman
 Applegate, representing Colorado Natural Gas, Inc., testified to
amend the bill.
03:00:02 PM  
Mike Harrington, representing Black Hills Energy, testified to amend the bill.
03:04:48 PM  
Mr. Harrington, Ms. Moorman, and Ms. Lindgren answer questions from the committee.
03:18:01 PM  
Chris Akins, representing Xcel Energy, was available to answer committee questions.
03:18:03 PM  
Mr. Akins answered
questions from the committee.
03:18:26 PM  
Carly West, representing
Black Hills Energy, testified to amend the bill. That concluded in peson
and remote testimony. Written testimony is included as Attachment D.1 and
D.2.
03:20:26 PM  
Representative Kennedy
gave closing remarks on the bill.

03:30:28 PM  
Repesentative Kennedy
introduced and gave an overview of L.002 (Attachment E)
.


03:31:22 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.002
Moved Weissman
Seconded Sirota
Bernett
Cutter
Froelich
Hanks
Pico
Sirota
Soper
Titone
Weissman
Will
Woog
Hooton Excused
Valdez A.
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
03:31:45 PM  
Representative Kennedy
introduced and gave an overview of L.004 (Attachment F).



03:32:22 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.004
Moved Weissman
Seconded Sirota
Bernett
Cutter
Froelich
Hanks
Pico
Sirota
Soper
Titone
Weissman
Will
Woog
Hooton Excused
Valdez A.
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
03:32:54 PM  
Representative Kennedy
introduced and gave an overview of L.001 (Attachment G).



03:33:56 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.001
Moved Weissman
Seconded Sirota
Bernett
Cutter
Froelich
Hanks
Pico
Sirota
Soper
Titone
Weissman
Will
Woog
Hooton Excused
Valdez A.
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
03:33:57 PM  
Representative Kennedy
gave closing remarks for House Bill 22-1018.
03:34:23 PM  
The committee gave
closing remarks for House Bill 22-1018 and amendments L.001, L.002, and
L.004.


03:44:15 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 22-1018, as amended, to the Committee on Finance.
Moved Bernett
Seconded Cutter
Bernett Yes
Cutter Yes
Froelich Yes
Hanks No
Pico No
Sirota Yes
Soper No
Titone Yes
Weissman Yes
Will Excused
Woog No
Hooton Excused
Valdez A. Yes
Final YES: 7   NO: 4   EXC: 2   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS






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