Committee adopts technical fixes to House Bill 15, tables rider to extend legacy cost recovery

During its seventh hearing on House Bill 15, the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee adopted a series of technical and policy amendments, voted 17–7 to table an amendment that would have extended a legacy generation cost‑recovery rider through Dec. 31, 2026, and then voted 23–1 to favorably report the substitute bill to the full House.

The committee, chaired by Chair Holmes and with Vice Chair Klopfenstein recognized frequently during the hearing, first approved several technical fixes. Vice Chair Klopfenstein described one early change as, “This is a technical amendment that corrects some of the co op behind the meter provisions that a facility had to be in place into service after the bill's effective date.” Another technical amendment was explained as “a technical fix to the interruptible rate provision” so the programs would not prohibit cost shifting.

Representative Rob Blaisdell introduced a substantive amendment that would have allowed “a rider or cost recovery mechanism for a legacy generation resource in effect prior to the bill's…