---
type: "Bill"
title: "Access to Distributed Generation"
description: "On or after January 1, 2026, but before February 1, 2026, an investor-owned electric utility (utility) with more than 500,000 customers must make at least 50 megawatts of inclusive community solar capacity available, and a utility with 500,000 or fewer customers must make at least 3.5 megawatts of inclusive community solar available."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-207"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-207 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Chris Hansen", "Matt Soper", "Steve Fenberg"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/339214fd-461c-48f9-83f2-baeabc046555"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-207"
source_hash: "dca157f959ef4ea9e9c68e15e1522dc329aed664bfcbd91aede475a94ed4bcd5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 24-207 (2024A) — Access to Distributed Generation

On or after January 1, 2026, but before February 1, 2026, an investor-owned electric utility (utility) with more than 500,000 customers must make at least 50 megawatts of inclusive community solar capacity available, and a utility with 500,000 or fewer customers must make at least 3.5 megawatts of inclusive community solar available.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_sb207_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_207_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_207_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_207_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_207_s_tra_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_207_s_tra_fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_207_s_tra_fin_app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_207_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_207_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_207_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_207_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–17** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **24–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
- Steve Fenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-05-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/339214fd-461c-48f9-83f2-baeabc046555`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).