The Colorado Senate has approved a proposal to raise the state's renewable energy mandate to 25 percent for rural electric cooperatives.
Friday's vote came after hours of debate.
SB 252 — sponsored by state Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, and House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver — would require rural co-ops with more than 100,000 meters, and utilities that generate and supply electricity on behalf of member cooperatives, to get 25 percent of their electricity from renewable…
The Colorado Senate has approved a proposal to raise the state's renewable energy mandate to 25 percent for rural electric cooperatives.
Friday's vote came after hours of debate.
SB 252 — sponsored by state Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, and House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver — would require rural co-ops with more than 100,000 meters, and utilities that generate and supply electricity on behalf of member cooperatives, to get 25 percent of their electricity from renewable…