republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1324.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promote Innovative And Clean Energy Technologies"
description: "The act replaces the integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) program, which was repealed in 2019, with a mechanism by which an investor-owned utility seeking to implement an innovative energy technology project may apply to the public utilities commission (PUC) to acquire resources that demonstrate the use of innovative, zero-emission technologies for energy generation and storage. To qualify for cost recovery, the utility's expenditures must be determined by the PUC to have been prudently incurred and the utility's return on investment may not exceed the return on a comparably sized photovoltaic or wind-electric generation facility.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1324"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1324 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Dylan Roberts", "Robert Rodriguez", "Rod Pelton"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d627e2bf-303a-409b-a062-faeab48b21dd"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1324"
source_hash: "e113f8f68f33723f63dfabb3a2487324e95eca567f17d880654a8c3ce7ee018d"
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 HB 21-1324 (2021A) — Promote Innovative And Clean Energy Technologies

The act replaces the integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) program, which was repealed in 2019, with a mechanism by which an investor-owned utility seeking to implement an innovative energy technology project may apply to the public utilities commission (PUC) to acquire resources that demonstrate the use of innovative, zero-emission technologies for energy generation and storage. To qualify for cost recovery, the utility's expenditures must be determined by the PUC to have been prudently incurred and the utility's return on investment may not exceed the return on a comparably sized photovoltaic or wind-electric generation facility.(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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1324_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1324_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1324_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (05/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1324_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (06/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1324ene_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1324ssta_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (06/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1324_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1324_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1324_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1324_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **53–12** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **55–10** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **61–4** (pass) · lower
- COW * — **18–14** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **18–14** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - No Amendments
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d627e2bf-303a-409b-a062-faeab48b21dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).