Colorado § 40-43-102 - Legislative declaration.
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§ 40-43-102. Legislative declaration.
(1) The general assembly finds that:
(a) Maintaining electric reliability and resource adequacy in the transition to clean energy is of great importance to Colorado and its electricity customers;
(b) The development of a comprehensive resource adequacy reporting structure for all wholesale and retail load-serving entities will help position Colorado utilities for entry into an optimal organized wholesale market, as defined in section 40-5-108 (1)(a), that will increase the efficient and cost-effective use of capacity resources and enable resource adequacy across a broader footprint throughout the state;
(c) The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has identified resource adequacy and energy risks in the western interconnection of the electric power grid; and
(d) Colorado can begin to address these risks by adding resource adequacy reporting requirements for all load-serving entities to help measure the sufficiency of reliable and resilient electric service to all Colorado electricity customers.
(2) The general assembly declares that all load-serving entities in the state should be required to provide resource adequacy annual reports to the applicable regulatory oversight entity.
Source: L. 2023: Entire article added, (HB 23-1039), ch. 111, p. 396, § 1, effective August 7.
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