HB 22-1249 Summary

• Colorado Energy Office, Department of Local Affairs, and Resiliency Office must produce a Grid Resilience and Reliability Roadmap by January 1, 2025, and present it to the House Energy and Environment Committee and Senate Transportation and Energy Committee by March 1, 2025.

• Draft roadmap must be published by July 1, 2024, posted online, and open for at least 30 days of public comment; stakeholder meetings required with microgrid developers, utilities, consumer advocates, labor representatives, emergency services, and disproportionately impacted communities.

• Roadmap must include guidance on how microgrids can harden the grid, improve resilience for individual customers and communities, deliver electricity in remote areas, and operate autonomously during outages.

• Roadmap must identify legal, regulatory, economic, and other barriers to microgrid development; recommend processes for nominating and prioritizing critical facilities and at-risk communities; and provide legislative and administrative recommendations regarding microgrid safety, definitions, worker licensing, and financial support.

• Roadmap must be reviewed and updated every five years beginning by January 1, 2030; $22,470 appropriated to Colorado Energy Office for 2022-23 fiscal year to support implementation.