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House committee advances bill to require regional seats on Public Utilities Commission
Summary
House Finance Committee advanced House Bill 11‑26 on a recorded 8‑5 vote, sending the measure to Appropriations after adopting an amendment that delays some implementation costs.
House Finance Committee advanced House Bill 11‑26 on a recorded 8‑5 vote, sending the measure to the Committee on Appropriations after adopting sponsor amendments that delay some implementation costs.
Representative Monica Martinez, prime sponsor, told the committee HB11‑26 would expand the Public Utilities Commission from three to five commissioners and require geographic representation so rural parts of Colorado have guaranteed seats. Martinez said the change is an equity measure and repeated that “it’s been 99 years since we've had a PUC commissioner that lived in Pueblo.”
The bill would preserve party balance on the commission (no more than two members of a single major party) while allocating seats by region. Martinez offered amendment L4 to allow remote participation in the…
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