republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-246.md

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Bill	Electric Utility Promote Beneficial Electrification	The act directs the public utilities commission (PUC) to establish energy savings targets and approve plans under which investor-owned electric utilities will promote the use of energy-efficient electric equipment in place of less efficient fossil-fuel-based systems. This directive would substantially follow the model of existing demand-side management (DSM) policies established by the PUC.Section 1 of the act declares that DSM has provided substantial economic and environmental benefits, and the PUC's administration of DSM has successfully carried out legislative intent; therefore, the PUC is directed to implement beneficial electrification programs and plans using the same approach.Sections 3 and 5 specify the parameters for these programs and plans, including the types of systems and appliances that are eligible for installation, the criteria to be considered when the PUC evaluates plan proposals, the implementation of plans, utility cost-recovery mechanisms, and performance incentives. Section 5 also requires that any installation, upgrade, or new construction under a beneficial electrification program must be performed either by utility employees or by qualified, Colorado-licensed contractors. For large projects, contractors must be selected from a list, maintained by the Colorado department of labor and employment, of contractors that participate in apprenticeship programs registered with the United States department of labor.Section 2 adds heat pumps to the list of energy efficiency measures that cannot be prohibited under the covenants of a homeowners' association.Section 4 directs the PUC to apply current standards for measurement of the social cost of carbon emissions, including methane, in evaluating the cost, benefit, or net present value of utility plans and proposals for beneficial electrification.The act appropriates $168,448 to the department of regulatory agencies, for use by the PUC, and $73,351 to the department of labor and employment, for use by the division of employment and training, to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-246	Colorado SB 21-246 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Alex Valdez Meg Froelich Stephen Fenberg	10	15	4	2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00	2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/afd80d1d-6835-4946-8b62-51d8a0d00eea	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-246	0e1fc003f8e9b82d692a53b0598c806e80861933a172099b9d50db129a0e8b2c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-246 (2021A) — Electric Utility Promote Beneficial Electrification

The act directs the public utilities commission (PUC) to establish energy savings targets and approve plans under which investor-owned electric utilities will promote the use of energy-efficient electric equipment in place of less efficient fossil-fuel-based systems. This directive would substantially follow the model of existing demand-side management (DSM) policies established by the PUC.Section 1 of the act declares that DSM has provided substantial economic and environmental benefits, and the PUC's administration of DSM has successfully carried out legislative intent; therefore, the PUC is directed to implement beneficial electrification programs and plans using the same approach.Sections 3 and 5 specify the parameters for these programs and plans, including the types of systems and appliances that are eligible for installation, the criteria to be considered when the PUC evaluates plan proposals, the implementation of plans, utility cost-recovery mechanisms, and performance incentives. Section 5 also requires that any installation, upgrade, or new construction under a beneficial electrification program must be performed either by utility employees or by qualified, Colorado-licensed contractors. For large projects, contractors must be selected from a list, maintained by the Colorado department of labor and employment, of contractors that participate in apprenticeship programs registered with the United States department of labor.Section 2 adds heat pumps to the list of energy efficiency measures that cannot be prohibited under the covenants of a homeowners' association.Section 4 directs the PUC to apply current standards for measurement of the social cost of carbon emissions, including methane, in evaluating the cost, benefit, or net present value of utility plans and proposals for beneficial electrification.The act appropriates $168,448 to the department of regulatory agencies, for use by the PUC, and $73,351 to the department of labor and employment, for use by the division of employment and training, to implement the act.(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 (05/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/15/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (06/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (05/12/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (06/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (06/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (06/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 20–14 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 21–13 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 41–23 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 21–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alex Valdez — primary (person)
• Meg Froelich — primary (person)
• Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-15T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2021-06-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment introduction
• 2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/afd80d1d-6835-4946-8b62-51d8a0d00eea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).