ColoradoSupport for Statewide Energy Strategies
What it does
The act requires the director of the division of oil and public safety in the department of labor and employment (division) to adopt rules concerning retail electric vehicle charging that set forth minimum standards relating to specifications and tolerances for retail electric vehicle charging equipment and methods of retail sale at publicly accessible electric vehicle charging stations to promote consistency in the marketplace by July 1, 2026, and to enforce the rules beginning July 1, 2027.
More detail
The act broadens the allowable uses of money in the electric vehicle grant fund within the Colorado energy office to include:
Operational and policy work to support electric vehicle adoption, electric vehicle charging, and affordable, clean electricity for electric motor vehicles, including covering the administrative costs of this work; and Support for the development and enforcement of retail electric vehicle charging rules by the division.
The act also broadens the allowable uses of money in the community impact cash fund within the department of public health and environment to include environmental equity and cumulative impact analyses.
The act also requires the community access enterprise within the Colorado energy office to reduce the amount of the community access retail delivery fee that it imposes as necessary to ensure that the enterprise does not collect more than $100 million in total fee revenue prior to June 30, 2026.
For the 2025-26 state fiscal year, $225,320 is appropriated to the department of labor and employment for use by the division for personal services and operating expenses. This appropriation is from reappropriated funds received from the office of the governor that are continuously appropriated to the Colorado energy office from the electric vehicle grant fund. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2025
- May 24Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 9Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 8Signed by the Speaker of the House
- May 8Signed by the President of the Senate
- May 7House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- Vote recorded CONCUR. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Lower
- May 6House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- May 6Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- May 5Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- May 2Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 05/05/2025 - No Amendments
- Apr 30Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Apr 28Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to AppropriationsMinor
- Apr 22Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & EnergyMinor
- Apr 21House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 17House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded AMD. Result: fail.Lower
- Apr 17House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Mar 6House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to AppropriationsMinor
- Feb 18Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & EnvironmentIntroduced