HB 1051 CO
Continue Microgrid Community Resilience Grant Program
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Summary
This bill continues Colorado's Microgrids for Community Resilience Grant Program indefinitely by removing its scheduled repeal date of September 1, 2026. The grant program provides funding to cooperative electric associations and municipally owned utilities to purchase microgrid resources for eligible rural communities within their service territories. Microgrids improve community resilience by providing localized energy generation and distribution capabilities. By removing the repeal date, the bill ensures the grant program remains available for rural communities seeking to develop microgrid infrastructure. This continuation supports ongoing investment in rural energy resilience and community infrastructure development.
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Official abstract
The microgrids for community resilience grant program (grant program) in the division of local government in the department of local affairs provides grants for cooperative electric associations and municipally owned utilities to purchase microgrid resources for eligible rural communities located within their service territories. Under current law, the grant program is set to repeal on September 1, 2026. The act continues the grant program indefinitely by removing the repeal date.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (4)
- K. Stewart Democratic · sponsor
- L. Suckla Republican · sponsor
- D. Roberts Democratic · sponsor
- C. Simpson Republican · sponsor
34 coauthors / cosponsors
- J. Bacon Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Boesenecker Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Brown Democratic · cosponsor
- S. Camacho Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Duran Democratic · cosponsor
- R. English Democratic · cosponsor
- E. Hamrick Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Joseph Democratic · cosponsor
- S. Lieder Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Lindsay Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Lukens Democratic · cosponsor
- B. Marshall Democratic · cosponsor
- J. McCluskie Democratic · cosponsor
- K. McCormick Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Nguyen Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Paschal Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Rutinel Democratic · cosponsor
- E. Sirota Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Smith Democratic · cosponsor
- R. Stewart Democratic · cosponsor
- B. Titone Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Amabile Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Benavidez Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Catlin Republican · cosponsor
- J. Coleman Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Cutter Democratic · cosponsor
- T. Exum Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Gonzales Democratic · cosponsor
- I. Jodeh Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Kipp Democratic · cosponsor
- R. Pelton Republican · cosponsor
- M. Snyder Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Wallace Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Weissman Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (14)
- May 29, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
- May 28, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
- May 28, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- May 28, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- Apr 23, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Mar 25, 2026 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations · upper
- Mar 5, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy · upper
- Mar 2, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Feb 27, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Feb 27, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Feb 5, 2026 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations · lower
- Jan 14, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment · lower
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