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Senate passes strike‑below to encourage advanced transmission technologies in utility planning
Summary
The Senate Transportation and Energy Committee advanced Senate Bill 127 after adopting a strike‑below directing utilities to evaluate advanced transmission technologies and authorizing the PUC to consider incentives to encourage adoption.
The Senate Transportation and Energy Committee advanced Senate Bill 127 after approving a strike‑below that asks utilities to examine advanced transmission technologies in their planning and allows regulators to design incentives to encourage adoption.
The strike‑below requires that electric utilities and qualifying cooperatives evaluate the potential use of grid‑enhancing technologies and advanced conductors in their electric resource plans (ERPs) and in ten‑year transmission plans. If a utility chooses not to adopt ATTs, the amendment requires the utility to provide a justification in its filing. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is authorized to examine shared‑savings incentives and may consult the Colorado Energy Transmission Authority (CETA) on plan evaluations and incentive design.
Senator Sarah Simpson,…
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