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Bill	Public Utilities Commission Modernize Electric Transmission Infrastructure	Section 1 of the act authorizes the public utilities commission (PUC) to approve utilities' applications to build new transmission facilities if the PUC, consistent with its authority, finds that the new facilities would assist the utilities in meeting the state's clean energy goals established in 2019. In constructing or expanding transmission facilities, a utility must use its own employees, engage a contractor whose employees have access to federally approved apprenticeship programs, or both. Section 1 also requires the PUC to consider the ability of the proposed facilities to support future expansion as needed to enable the utility to participate in an organized wholesale market (OWM), which is defined in section 2 as an organization established for the purpose of coordinating and managing the transmission of electricity among multiple public utilities on a multistate or regional basis. An application for construction or expansion of transmission facilities is deemed approved if the PUC does not deny it within 240 days after the application is complete and public notice has been given.Section 6 imposes a 180-day deadline for approval by a local government if local government approval is required.Sections 4 and 7 create the Colorado electric transmission authority (CETA) as an independent special purpose authority, and section 4 specifies the composition and manner of appointment of the board of directors that governs the authority. CETA is authorized to select a qualified transmission operator to finance, plan, acquire, maintain, and operate eligible electric transmission and interconnected storage facilities (eligible facilities).Under sections 4, 8, and 9, CETA is granted various powers necessary to accomplish its purposes, including the power to:Issue revenue bonds;	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-072	Colorado SB 21-072 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Alex Valdez Chris Hansen Don Coram Marc Catlin	11	17	4	2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00	2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d4e819df-cc92-482b-8f2b-a5b093a72e4b	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-072	994228d4286b4f713e11474a838e239a63479533e57a40858759d0a5d87c5afd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-072 (2021A) — Public Utilities Commission Modernize Electric Transmission Infrastructure

Section 1 of the act authorizes the public utilities commission (PUC) to approve utilities' applications to build new transmission facilities if the PUC, consistent with its authority, finds that the new facilities would assist the utilities in meeting the state's clean energy goals established in 2019. In constructing or expanding transmission facilities, a utility must use its own employees, engage a contractor whose employees have access to federally approved apprenticeship programs, or both. Section 1 also requires the PUC to consider the ability of the proposed facilities to support future expansion as needed to enable the utility to participate in an organized wholesale market (OWM), which is defined in section 2 as an organization established for the purpose of coordinating and managing the transmission of electricity among multiple public utilities on a multistate or regional basis. An application for construction or expansion of transmission facilities is deemed approved if the PUC does not deny it within 240 days after the application is complete and public notice has been given.Section 6 imposes a 180-day deadline for approval by a local government if local government approval is required.Sections 4 and 7 create the Colorado electric transmission authority (CETA) as an independent special purpose authority, and section 4 specifies the composition and manner of appointment of the board of directors that governs the authority. CETA is authorized to select a qualified transmission operator to finance, plan, acquire, maintain, and operate eligible electric transmission and interconnected storage facilities (eligible facilities).Under sections 4, 8, and 9, CETA is granted various powers necessary to accomplish its purposes, including the power to:Issue revenue bonds;

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/13/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/17/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/14/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/24/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 28–6 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 49–15 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 27–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alex Valdez — primary (person)
• Chris Hansen — primary (person)
• Don Coram — primary (person)
• Marc Catlin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment + Appropriations introduction
• 2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4e819df-cc92-482b-8f2b-a5b093a72e4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).