HB 22-1013 CO
Microgrids For Community Resilience Grant Program
A state bill is a proposed law in a state legislature — separate from the U.S. Congress. Learn more →
Summary
The act creates the microgrids for community resilience grant program (grant program) to be administered by the division of local government (division) in the department of local affairs (department), in collaboration with the Colorado resiliency office in the division and the Colorado energy office. A cooperative electric association or a municipally owned utility (utility) may apply to the division for a grant award to finance the purchase of microgrid resources in eligible rural communities within the utility's service territory that are at significant risk of experiencing severe weather or natural disaster events and in which one or more community anchor institutions, which institutions are important community, educational, health care, or other institutions, are located. The microgrids, which can be connected to or be disconnected from, and work independent of, the utility's electric grid, can increase an eligible rural community's ability to avoid or remediate interruptions to the electric grid, such as those caused by severe weather or natural disaster events. On an annual basis commencing in 2023, the division is required to: Report on the progress of the grant program, including information on the number of grants awarded and the amount of money awarded for each grant; Submit copies of the report to the house of representatives energy and environment committee and the senate transportation and energy committee, or their successor committees; and Publish the report on the department's website. For state fiscal year 2022-23, the bill appropriates from the general fund: $3,500,000 to the department for use by the division for implementation of the grant program; and $20,713 to the office of the governor for use by the Colorado energy office for grant program administration. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (4)
- Rod Pelton Republican · primary
- Marc Snyder Democratic · primary
- Dennis Hisey · primary
- Faith Winter · primary
Action history (16)
- Jun 2, 2022 Governor Signed · executive
- May 20, 2022 Sent to the Governor · executive
- May 20, 2022 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- May 20, 2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- May 10, 2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · lower
- May 9, 2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily · lower
- May 6, 2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- May 5, 2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
- May 5, 2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- May 3, 2022 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations · upper
- May 2, 2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy · upper
- May 2, 2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Apr 29, 2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
- Apr 29, 2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Feb 3, 2022 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations · lower
- Jan 12, 2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment · lower
Text versions (11)
The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.
Full text
The full text hasn’t been imported yet. CivicGate fetches it from the state legislature’s published version documents — check now.
Comments
Data from OpenStates. View on OpenStates →
Comments