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type: "Bill"
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title: "Define Pumped Hydroelectricity As Renewable Energy"
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description: "The act removes the existing restriction on pumped hydroelectric facilities as a source of recycled energy, which is included in the definition of an eligible energy resource under the renewable energy standard statute, and instead includes any pumped hydroelectric facility under 15 megawatts that:Does not combust fossil fuel to pump water;"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2021A"
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identifier: "HB 21-1052"
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citation: "Colorado HB 21-1052 (2021A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hugh McKean", "Rob Woodward"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1444d0a4-7865-40a2-961a-173ede335636"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1052"
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source_hash: "9c1a51c76f4f7deb40ccfe64bae501b139b87f0530aa2ee0876f0ac6a05527fc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 21-1052 (2021A) — Define Pumped Hydroelectricity As Renewable Energy
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The act removes the existing restriction on pumped hydroelectric facilities as a source of recycled energy, which is included in the definition of an eligible energy resource under the renewable energy standard statute, and instead includes any pumped hydroelectric facility under 15 megawatts that:Does not combust fossil fuel to pump water;
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1052_s_agr_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1052_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/13/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1052_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1052_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1052ene_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1052_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1052_rr3.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1052_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (04/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1052_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
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- Rob Woodward — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments
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- **2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources `introduction`
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- **2021-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
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- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1444d0a4-7865-40a2-961a-173ede335636`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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