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WREA applauds passage of renewable energy bill

MEEKER I White River Electric Association applauds the Colorado House of Representatives’ passage of Senate Bill 15-046.

On March 30, the House voted 65-0 in favor of the bill. The bill will now go to Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) for his signature.
SB 15-046 addresses the “retail distributed generation (DG)” requirement contained in SB 13-252, which increased renewable resource requirement for electric co-ops two years ago. SB 13-252 requires electric co-ops to derive at least…