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Northwest COG representative urges vigilance as state renewable and data center bills move through legislature
Summary
Kristen Green of Northwest COG told Pitkin County commissioners QQ is tracking state renewable-energy and data-center legislation that could curtail local land-use authority; QQ urged protecting local review and stronger water-supply safeguards.
Kristen Green, policy advisor and member services manager for the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments (Northwest COG) Water Quality and Quantity Committee, told the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 10 that QQ is closely tracking several bills at the Colorado legislature and will press to protect local oversight and water-supply protections.
Green told commissioners she is "point on legislative affairs for QQ" and summarized QQ's role: representing six headwaters counties and dozens of municipalities, operating…
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