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Our Position: support
Bill Number: HB1160
Sponsor: Representative Solano and Senators Shaffer and Isgar
Legislative Session: 2008
The Governor signed the bill into law on March 26 This bill encourages homeowners and businesses to install solar power. It will require municipally owned utilities that serve at least 5,000 customers and Cooperative Electric Associations to provide one-to-one net meters for residents that produce up to 10 kilowatts of eligible energy and commercial and industrial customers who produce up to 25 kilowatts.
Status
The Governor signed the bill into law on March 26!03/05/08 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments 03/06/08 Senate Third Reading Passed 03/07/08 The House reviewed amendments made by Senate - The Bill was repassed 03/12/08 Bill was signed by the Speaker of the House 03/17/08 Bill was signed by the President of the Senate 03/26/08 Bill was signed by Governor Ritter
Action Needed
Contact Governor Ritter and thank him for supporting HB1160.Mail
Bill Ritter, Governor
136 State Capitol
Denver, CO 80203-1792
Phone
(303) 866-2471
Fax
(303) 866-2003 Contacting the Governor is easier than ever! Write to the Governor here To see a full copy of the bill as a PDF, go to HB 1160.
Background
Disparity in compensation for solar use sprouts bills Both Joe Beach and Paul Hutton have solar panels on their homes as a way to cut their power bills and go easy on the environment. But when their systems generate excess power and send it back to the energy grid, they receive significantly different deals. Beach gets compensated at the retail rate for his power. Hutton gets only the wholesale rate, which is about half of what Beach gets. The reason? |
