SB 17-145

Senate Bill 17-145, which has been signed into law, requires electric utilities in Colorado to create plans for integrating renewable energy sources like rooftop solar and electric vehicles into their existing infrastructure. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission will review these plans to ensure they enhance system reliability, reduce costs, and benefit customers. This bill impacts utility companies and consumers by promoting a more sustainable and efficient electrical grid. Since the bill has been signed, it is now law and the utilities must start preparing these integration plans as directed.

Official Summary

The bill directs specified electric utilities to prepare, and the Colorado public utilities commission to review, proposals to integrate distributed energy resources into their plans to acquire new infrastructure. 'Distributed energy resources' is defined to include renewable distributed generation facilities, such as rooftop solar, energy storage facilities, electric vehicles, and other features of an improved and diversified electrical grid architecture. The commission may approve the plans as submitted or modify them in ways that improve system reliability, reduce costs, or increase the benefits to ratepayers. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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