Winners and Losers in the 2018 Colorado General Assembly
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The warm weather has returned, spring sports are in full swing,
and the Colorado General Assembly has adjourned for 2018. That
means it's time to take a look at the scorecard and review the
energy and utilities related issues that won and lost this
legislative season.
Both houses considered similar numbers of energy and utility
related legislation, however, of the relevant bills introduced in
the House only approximately 20% passed as compared to
approximately 1/3 of the Senate bills passing or still having a
chance of becoming law.
Legislation considered this year include some perennial
contenders (renewable energy, energy storage, greenhouse gas
emissions, climate change) as well as some relatively new topics
that may be expected to return in the future (electric and
alternative fuel vehicle infrastructure). Overall, energy and
utility related legislation was not a major, let
