H_ENE_2021A 03/24/2021 10:52:01 AM Committee Summary

PUBLIC
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Date

03/24/2021

Attendance
Bernett	X
Froelich	X
Jackson	X
Pico	X
Sirota	X
Soper	X
Titone	X
Van Beber	X
Weissman	X
Will	X
Woog	X
Hooton	*
Valdez A.	X

Time

10:52:01 AM to 11:58:09 AM

Place

LSB A

This Meeting was called to order by

Valdez A.

This Report was prepared by

Andrea Denka

Hearing Items	Action Taken
hHB21-1205	Postponed Indefinitely
hSB21-020	Referred to House Finance

HB21-1205 - Postponed Indefinitely

10:52:16 AM

The committee came
to order. Representative Pico, prime bill sponsor, presented House
Bill 21-1205 to the committee. The bill creates an annual fee for
plug-in electric vehicles to be used for maintenance of existing highways,
streets, and roads.

Representative Pico responded to questions from the committee.

11:00:37 AM

Representative Pico
and the committee members made concluding comments on the bill.

11:09:05 AM	Motion	Refer House Bill 21-1205 to the Committee on Finance.
	Moved	Pico
	Seconded	Soper

	Bernett	No
	Froelich	No
	Jackson	No
	Pico	Yes
	Sirota	No
	Soper	Yes
	Titone	No
	Van Beber	Yes
	Weissman	No
	Will	Yes
	Woog	Yes
	Hooton	Excused
	Valdez A.	No
		YES: 5 NO: 7 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL

11:09:48 AM	Motion	Postpone House Bill 21-1205 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	Jackson

	Bernett	Yes
	Froelich	Yes
	Jackson	Yes
	Pico	No
	Sirota	Yes
	Soper	No
	Titone	Yes
	Van Beber	No
	Weissman	Yes
	Will	No
	Woog	No
	Hooton	Excused
	Valdez A.	Yes
	Final	YES: 7 NO: 5 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

SB21-020 - Referred to House Finance

Attachment Tag

File Name

Attachment

210324 AttachA.pdf

11:09:55 AM

Representatives Soper
and A. Valdez, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 21-020 to
the committee and provided a handout (Attachment A). The bill requires
clean energy resources, energy storage facilities, and solar facilities
with a generation capacity of under 2 megawatts to be valued for property
tax purposes using the "income approach" rather than the "cost
approach" beginning January 1, 2021.

The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.

11:26:19 AM

Mr. John Dailey,
representing NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, testified in support of the
bill. Ms. KC Cunilio, representing Colorado Independent Energy Association,
testified in support of the bill. Rikki Seguin, representing Interwest
Energy Alliance, testified in support of the bill. Daniel Merkle,
representing Pivot Energy, testified in support of the bill.

Mr. Dailey and Mr. Merkle responded to questions from the committee.

11:47:27 AM

The bill sposors
and committee members made concluding comments on the bill.

11:57:41 AM	Motion	Refer Senate Bill 21-020 to the Committee on Finance.
	Moved	Valdez A.
	Seconded	Soper

	Bernett	Yes
	Froelich	Yes
	Jackson	Yes
	Pico	Yes
	Soper	Yes
	Titone	Yes
	Valdez A.	Yes
	Van Beber	Yes
	Weissman	Yes
	Will	Yes
	Woog	Yes
	Hooton	Yes
	Sirota	Yes
	Final	YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

11:58:09 AM

The committee adjourned.

HB21-1205 - Postponed Indefinitely

SB21-020 - Referred to House Finance

Colorado General Assembly