§ 40-43-102 — Legislative declaration

(1) The general assembly finds that:

(a) Maintaining electric reliability and resource adequacy in the transition to
clean energy is of great importance to Colorado and its electricity customers;

(b) The development of a comprehensive resource adequacy reporting
structure for all wholesale and retail load-serving entities will help position
Colorado utilities for entry into an optimal organized wholesale market, as defined
in section 40-5-108 (1)(a), that will increase the efficient and cost-effective use of
capacity resources and enable resource adequacy across a broader footprint
throughout the state;

(c) The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has identified
resource adequacy and energy risks in the western interconnection of the electric
power grid; and

(d) Colorado can begin to address these risks by adding resource adequacy
reporting requirements for all load-serving entities to help measure the sufficiency
of reliable and resilient electric service to all Colorado electricity customers.

(2) The general assembly declares that all load-serving entities in the state
should be required to provide resource adequacy annual reports to the applicable
regulatory oversight entity.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2023: Entire article added, (HB 23-1039), ch. 111, p. 396, � 1, effective August 7.