republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1238.md

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Bill	Public Utilities Commission Modernize Gas Utility Demand-side Management Standards	The act updates the methods used to determine the cost-effectiveness of demand-side management (DSM) programs of public utilities selling natural gas at retail, including requiring that the calculation of future benefits reflects the avoided costs to ratepayers resulting from reduced consumption of natural gas. The act specifies that the calculation must be based on reliable estimates and published scientific data, including an increase in the social cost of carbon dioxide from $46 to $68 per short ton, and must include methane emissions using a social cost of methane of not less than $1,756 per short ton. In addition, the act adds savings targets and budget control mechanisms to the approval process for gas DSM programs, paralleling the existing process that applies to electric DSM programs. Section 5 of the act specifies labor standards that apply to all necessary plumbing, mechanical, and electrical work performed in connection with DSM projects for which a utility customer is eligible for a rebate from the utility. Under these standards, the utility may assign its own employees to do the work, but if a contractor is to be hired for a project in a commercial or industrial building or multifamily residential structure, the contractor must be chosen from a list of qualified contractors maintained by the Colorado department of labor and employment. To be eligible for inclusion on the list, a contractor must participate in specified apprenticeship programs. In addition, for smaller residential projects, the utility must condition customer rebates on the customer's use of licensed plumbing and electrical contractors.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1238	Colorado HB 21-1238 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Chris Hansen Tracey Bernett	9	14	4	2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00	2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7c9ed29a-7df3-44a9-93f1-a1a4cbb85541	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1238	ed50242229cdbbe4bde2d79c206156cb6fd1b7cc8ea2233056a9429673b15b8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1238 (2021A) — Public Utilities Commission Modernize Gas Utility Demand-side Management Standards

The act updates the methods used to determine the cost-effectiveness of demand-side management (DSM) programs of public utilities selling natural gas at retail, including requiring that the calculation of future benefits reflects the avoided costs to ratepayers resulting from reduced consumption of natural gas. The act specifies that the calculation must be based on reliable estimates and published scientific data, including an increase in the social cost of carbon dioxide from $46 to $68 per short ton, and must include methane emissions using a social cost of methane of not less than $1,756 per short ton. In addition, the act adds savings targets and budget control mechanisms to the approval process for gas DSM programs, paralleling the existing process that applies to electric DSM programs. Section 5 of the act specifies labor standards that apply to all necessary plumbing, mechanical, and electrical work performed in connection with DSM projects for which a utility customer is eligible for a rebate from the utility. Under these standards, the utility may assign its own employees to do the work, but if a contractor is to be hired for a project in a commercial or industrial building or multifamily residential structure, the contractor must be chosen from a list of qualified contractors maintained by the Colorado department of labor and employment. To be eligible for inclusion on the list, a contractor must participate in specified apprenticeship programs. In addition, for smaller residential projects, the utility must condition customer rebates on the customer's use of licensed plumbing and electrical contractors.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/22/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (05/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (05/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (05/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (06/24/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 22–13 (pass) · upper
• AMD — 22–38 (fail) · lower
• BILL — 41–22 (pass) · lower
• AMD — 22–38 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Hansen — primary (person)
• Tracey Bernett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy introduction
• 2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Energy & Environment Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c9ed29a-7df3-44a9-93f1-a1a4cbb85541. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).