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Westminster tracking competing data‑center bills as cities question incentives; manufacturers seek to keep gas furnaces
Summary
Councilors and the city's lobbyist said Westminster is tracking competing data center bills (referred to as 1030 and 102), with some local leaders opposing incentives as jurisdictions receive many applications; participants also noted a bill to preserve gas furnaces to protect food manufacturing.
City officials said Westminster is monitoring competing data center bills and hearing pushback from cities that have seen a surge in applications.
Councilor Ireland reported that at the ACREP meeting municipalities expressed skepticism about incentives for data centers and noted an example from Thornton — "they've already had 42 applications to United Power" — as evidence of strong private interest. Amy Atwood, the city's contract lobbyist, said staff is tracking two competing measures discussed in the meeting: a developer‑driven bill referred to as bill 1030 and a Senate bill described in the call as bill 102 (characterized by sponsors as a "large loads" measure that sets megawatt thresholds and is associated with environmental stakeholders and a sponsor identified in the call as Senator Kipp). Atwood said neither bill had yet been calendared for committee consideration and that numerous amendments were circulating.
Separately, participants said a bill about gas furnaces drew support from food manufacturers concerned about manufacturing impacts; councilors said Adams County manufacturers were especially worried and the group at ACREP generally favored preserving gas furnace use to avoid harming production.
Atwood said the data center bills and energy/manufacturing measures are on Westminster's tracker and staff will circulate materials to councilors for further review.
