republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1137.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solar Garden Net Metering Credits Stabilization"
description: "Current law requires an electric retail utility (utility) to offer a net metering credit as the means of purchasing output from a community solar garden (CSG) located within the utility's service territory and establishes the means of calculating the net metering credit. The act maintains that calculation if the CSG indicates to the utility that the CSG's subscribers' bill credits change annually. However, if the CSG indicates to the utility that the CSG's subscribers' bill credits remain fixed, the act provides a different calculation for determining the net metering credit. The public utilities commission shall allow a utility to recover costs incurred in implementing and maintaining the net metering credit billing systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1137"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1137 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Valdez", "Chris Hansen", "Dylan Roberts", "Meghan Lukens"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-31T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78a74457-714c-473a-ba2e-f61eb530ec75"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1137"
source_hash: "01964b6a33ad1b6647005d83eb03387bc645843b8bdf01b5c0e5fd25bad2eeee"
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 23-1137 (2023A) — Solar Garden Net Metering Credits Stabilization

Current law requires an electric retail utility (utility) to offer a net metering credit as the means of purchasing output from a community solar garden (CSG) located within the utility's service territory and establishes the means of calculating the net metering credit. The act maintains that calculation if the CSG indicates to the utility that the CSG's subscribers' bill credits change annually. However, if the CSG indicates to the utility that the CSG's subscribers' bill credits remain fixed, the act provides a different calculation for determining the net metering credit. The public utilities commission shall allow a utility to recover costs incurred in implementing and maintaining the net metering credit billing systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_hb1137_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1137_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/13/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1137_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/31/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1137_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1137_h_ene_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1137_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1137_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/16/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1137_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1137_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–17** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alex Valdez — primary (person)
- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T07:00:00+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/78a74457-714c-473a-ba2e-f61eb530ec75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).