Ballot Title Setting Board
2003-2004

The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

An amendment to the Colorado revised statutes concerning the sources of the electric energy provided by large utilities, and, in connection therewith, adopting energy efficiency and renewable energy standards for large retail electricity providers; defining eligible renewable energy resources to include solar electric, wind, geothermal, biomass, and hydrogen fuel cells; requiring that a percentage of retail electricity sales be derived from energy efficiency program savings and renewable sources, beginning with 3% in the year 2007 and increasing to 15% by 2014; providing incentives for the use of solar electric generation technologies, including generation facilities located at customers’ homes or businesses and for generation facilities located in rural enterprise zones; allowing incentives for utilities that invest in renewable energy resources and energy conservation programs that provide net economic benefits to customers; requiring public utilities commission rules to establish major aspects of the measure; requiring utilities with requirements contracts to address shortfalls from the standards; specifying election procedures by which the customers of a utility may opt out of the requirements of this amendment; and prohibiting utilities from using condemnation or eminent domain to acquire land for facilities used to meet the standards.

The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado revised statutes concerning the sources of the electric energy provided by large utilities, and, in connection therewith, adopting energy efficiency and renewable energy standards for large retail electricity providers; defining eligible renewable energy resources to include solar electric, wind, geothermal, biomass, and hydrogen fuel cells; requiring that a percentage of retail electricity sales be derived from energy efficiency program savings and renewable sources, beginning with 3% in the year 2007 and increasing to 15% by 2014; providing incentives for the use of solar electric generation technologies, including generation facilities located at customers’ homes or businesses and for generation facilities located in rural enterprise zones; allowing incentives for utilities that invest in renewable energy resources and energy conservation programs that provide net economic benefits to customers; requiring public utilities commission rules to establish major aspects of the measure; requiring utilities with requirements contracts to address shortfalls from the standards; specifying election procedures by which the customers of a utility may opt out of the requirements of this amendment; and prohibiting utilities from using condemnation or eminent domain to acquire land for facilities used to meet the standards?

Hearing May 5, 2004

Single subject approved; proponents’ proposed draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 9:39 p.m.

Hearing May 19, 2004

Motion for Rehearing granted in part to the extent Board amended titles; denied in all other respects.
Hearing adjourned 4:03 p.m.

* Unofficially captioned “Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Standards” by legislative staff for tracking purposes. Such caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.