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Title 24, Government - State

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42 sections·Filtered byTitle 24✕Ch 38.5✕

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-101 Colorado energy office - creation
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(1) There is hereby created within the office of the governor the Colorado energy office, the head of which is the director of the Colorado energy office. The director of the office shall be assisted by a deputy director and a staff to fulfill the office's mission to: (a) Support…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-102 Colorado energy office - duties and powers - definitions - repeal
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(1) The Colorado energy office shall: (a) Work with communities, utilities, and private and public organizations to: (I) Support achieving legislative goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas pollution, as defined in section 25-7-103 (22.5); (II) Make progress toward eliminating …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-102.4 Energy fund - creation - use of fund - definitions - report
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(1) (a) (I) The energy fund is created in the state treasury. The principal of the fund consists of money transferred to the fund from the general fund; money transferred to the fund at the end of the 2006-07 state fiscal year and at the end of each succeeding state fiscal year f…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-102.5 Innovative energy fund - creation - use of fund - definitions

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(1) (a) (I) The innovative energy fund is created in the state treasury. The principal of the fund consists of money transferred to the fund by the general assembly, money transferred at the end of each state fiscal year from money received by the Colorado energy office, or from …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-102.6 Climate change mitigation and adaptation fund - creation - use

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(1) The climate change mitigation and adaptation fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of: (a) Civil penalties assessed pursuant to section 25-7-122 (1)(i) and credited to the fund pursuant to section 25-7-122 (1)(i)(…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-102.7 Colorado energy saving mortgage program - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Accredited home energy rating provider" means a person who RESNET has accredited through the mortgage industry national home energy rating system accreditation standard as a rating provider and who appears o…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-103 Electric vehicle grant fund - creation - administration - legislative declaration

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(1) (a) (I) There is created in the state treasury the electric vehicle grant fund, referred to in this section as the "fund". The Colorado energy office shall use the fund to: (A) Provide grants to state agencies, public universities, public transit agencies, local governments, …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-105 Clean energy improvement debt reserve fund - authorization - use

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(1) (a) The clean energy improvement debt reserve fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The principal of the fund shall consist of up to ten million dollars of legally available moneys from nonstate sources under the control of the Colorado energy office, which the state …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-106 Financing of capital projects to make state government more energy efficient - financed purchase of asset agreements - legislative declaration - definition

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "utility cost-savings contract" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-2001 (6). (2) (a) In order to make state government more energy efficient in accordance with section 24-38.5-102, the Colo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-108 State agency coordination of review of federal license and license exemption applications for hydroelectric energy projects - legislative declaration - definitions - guidelines

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(1) Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Hydroelectric energy is a reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy source and is the largest source of clean energy in the United States; (b) As of 2005, there were sixty-two operating hydro…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-109 Aggregation of efficiency or renewable energy projects in small or rural schools and small or rural communities in order to attract private sector investment through performance contracting - legislative declaration - definitions

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Performance contracting is an important tool that has been utilized by the state for over fifteen years. The state has established powerful working relationships with private sector energy performance contracting profes…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-110 Electric vehicle plan and greenhouse gas pollution reduction roadmap - annual progress reports

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For state fiscal year 2022-23, and for each subsequent state fiscal year, the Colorado energy office and the department of public health and environment shall, after consultation with the department of transportation, jointly prepare and present to the transportation and local go…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-111 Social cost of greenhouse gas pollution - estimate methodology

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Except where a different methodology is prescribed by law, the Colorado energy office, the department of transportation, and the department of public health and environment shall, when estimating the social costs of greenhouse gas pollution, base their estimate on the most recent…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-112 Building performance program - duties of the office - county assessor records database - fees - definitions

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(1) The Colorado energy office shall implement a building performance program as follows: (a) Based on county assessor records and other available sources of information, the office shall administer the building performance program by: (I) Creating a database of covered buildings…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-113 Grid resilience and reliability roadmap - microgrid development - stakeholder input - definitions - reporting

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(1) (a) (I) On or before January 1, 2025, the office, in collaboration with the department and the resiliency office, shall produce a grid resilience and reliability roadmap, and the roadmap shall be posted on the office's and department's websites. On or before March 1, 2025, re…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-114.5 Zero fare transit grant programs - ozone season - youth fare free - zero fare transit fund - creation - policies - report - definitions - repeal

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "CASTA" means the Colorado association of transit agencies. (b) "Eligible transit agency" means a transit agency that is: (I) A regional service authority providing surface transportation pursuant to part 1 o…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-115 Sustainable rebuilding program - fund - creation - policies - report - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Administrator" means an entity or entities that the office contracts with pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section to administer the program. (b) "Eligible business" means a business that owns a buildin…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-116 Industrial and manufacturing operations clean air grant program - creation - eligibility - fund created - gifts, grants, or donations - transfer - legislative declaration - definitions - reporting - repeal

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(1) Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) The industrial and manufacturing sector is one of the five largest sources of greenhouse gas pollution in the state; (b) Industrial emissions often: (I) Disproportionately impact low-income, min…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-117 Cannabis resource optimization cash fund - creation - gifts, grants, or donations

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(1) The cannabis resource optimization cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The Colorado energy office shall administer the fund for the purposes of providing assessments financing, grants, credit enhancement offerings, and direc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-118 Geothermal energy grant program - creation - procedures - fund - report - definitions - legislative declaration

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(1) Legislative declaration. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) The development of geothermal energy resources is an available and promising technology in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy; (b) The development of geothermal energy resource…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-119 Streamlined solar permitting and inspection grant program - creation - eligibility - fund created - gifts, grants, or donations - reporting - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal

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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) The state's goal that one hundred percent of its energy be generated by renewable sources by 2040 requires the addition of approximately ten gigawatts of renewable energy sources; (b) New residential solar projects help provid…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-120 Decarbonization tax credits administration cash fund - definitions - repeal

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Decarbonization tax credits" means the credits created in sections 39-22-516.7, 39-22-516.8, 39-22-551, 39-22-552, 39-22-553, 39-22-554, 39-22-555, and 39-22-556. (b) "Department" means the department of rev…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-122 Carbon management roadmap - creation - requirements - report - definitions - repeal

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Carbon management" means any of the following: (I) Carbon dioxide removal, which means the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; (II) Carbon capture, which means a process that captures carbon dioxi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-123 Best practices for clean energy resources in schools - creation - updates - publication

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(1) On or before December 31, 2025, the Colorado energy office shall develop and post on its website best practices for adopting and financing clean energy resources in schools. The best practices must include: (a) A description of clean energy resources and their costs and benef…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-125 Building decarbonization enterprise - creation - membership - powers and duties - building decarbonization enterprise cash fund - legislative declaration - definitions - rules - report - repeal

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(1) Legislative declaration. (a) The general assembly finds that: (I) Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from combustion devices in residential and commercial buildings is necessary to help the state achieve its statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction goals set forth in sectio…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-126 Development guidance for renewable energy development in renewable energy reinvestment areas - definition

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(1) On or before September 1, 2027, the Colorado energy office shall: (a) Publish on the Colorado energy office's website an outline of the general process for siting, permitting, and developing renewable energy projects in renewable energy reinvestment areas; and (b) Consolidate…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-301 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Retail deliveries are increasing and are expected to continue to increase in urban and rural communities; (b) The motor vehicles used to make retail deliveries are some of the most polluting vehicles on the road, which …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-302 Definitions

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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Battery electric motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is powered exclusively by a rechargeable battery pack that can be recharged by being plugged into an external source of electricity and that has no secon…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-303 Community access enterprise - creation - board - powers and duties - fund - fee - transparency and reporting

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(1) The community access enterprise is hereby created in the Colorado energy office. The enterprise is and operates as a government-owned business within the office to execute its business purpose as specified in subsection (3) of this section by exercising the powers and perform…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-401 Energy code board - appointment - creation - duties - definitions - repeal

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(1) Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Acceptable refrigerant" means a refrigerant that is: (I) Listed as acceptable in 42 U.S.C. sec. 7671k of the federal "Clean Air Act" and used in equipment that is listed and installed pursuant t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-402 Model green energy code

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Before July 1, 2024, the Colorado energy office shall identify model green code language for adoption. The Colorado energy office shall promote the voluntary adoption of this model green code language. Source: L. 2022: Entire part added, (HB 22-1362), ch. 301, p. 2172, § 1, effec…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-403 Energy code training - energy code adoption - grant writing assistance

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(1) (a) The Colorado energy office shall provide energy code training to assist local governments, divisions in the executive branch of state government, builders, and contractors in adopting and implementing the 2021 international energy conservation code, electric ready and sol…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-404 Building electrification for public buildings grant program - creation - report - legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (a) Emissions from heating buildings are one of the five largest sources of greenhouse gas pollution in Colorado; (b) Many public buildings owned by local governments, school districts, institutions of higher e…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-405 High-efficiency electric heating and appliances grant program - creation - report - legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (a) Emissions from heating buildings are one of the five largest sources of greenhouse gas pollution in Colorado; (b) Over a million Coloradans live in energy burdened households that spend five percent or more…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-406 Clean air building investments fund - creation - use of fund

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(1) The clean air building investments fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The principal of the fund consists of money transferred to the fund from the general fund and gifts, grants, and donations. (2) All money in the fund is conti…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-501 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Transportation is the largest single source of greenhouse gas pollution in the state and is a major contributing source of other forms of pollution, including ozone precursors, hazardous air pollutants, nitrogen oxides,…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-502 Definitions

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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Bike share program" means a service in which bicycles: (a) Are made publicly available to multiple users for rent on a short-term basis; and (b) May either be picked up in one public location and dropped off at a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-503 Community access to electric bicycles grant program - creation - eligibility

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(1) (a) (I) The community access to electric bicycles grant program is created to help finance bike share programs and ownership programs that local governments, tribal governments, or nonprofit organizations administer or plan to administer in the state. The office shall adminis…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-504 Community access to electric bicycles rebate program - eligibility - reimbursement

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(1) The office shall establish the community access to electric bicycles rebate program to provide rebates for purchases of electric bicycles and equipment made by eligible individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. In establishing the rebate program, the office shall …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-505 Reporting

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(1) On or before January 1, 2025, and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, the office shall prepare a report summarizing the progress of the grant program and the rebate program and submit the report to the house of representatives transportation and local government c…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-506 Community access to electric bicycles cash fund - creation - gifts, grants, or donations - transfer

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(1) (a) The community access to electric bicycles cash fund is created in the state treasury, and the office shall administer the fund for the purposes of this part 5. The fund consists of any money that the general assembly may transfer or appropriate to the fund for implementat…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-38.5-507 Repeal of part

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This part 5 is repealed, effective September 1, 2028. Source: L. 2022: Entire part added, (SB 22-193), ch. 300, p. 2151, § 2, effective June 2.