Colorado Revised Statutes Title 40. Utilities § 40-2-130. Distributed resources--energy storage systems--definitions--legislative declaration--rules

(1)Legislative declaration.(a) The general assembly finds and determines that:

(b) Therefore, the general assembly declares that:

(a) “Energy storage system” means any commercially available, customer-sited system, including batteries and the batteries paired with on-site generation, that is capable of retaining, storing, and delivering energy by chemical, thermal, mechanical, or other means.

(b) “Utility” or “electric utility” means a qualifying retail utility, as described in section 40-2-124(1); except that the term does not include a municipally owned utility or a cooperative electric association.

(a) It is in the public interest to limit barriers to the installation, interconnection, and use of customer-sited energy storage systems in Colorado;

(b) Colorado's consumers of electricity have a right to install, interconnect, and use energy storage systems on their property without the burden of unnecessary restrictions or regulations and without discriminatory rates or fees;

(c) Utility approval processes and any required interconnection reviews of energy storage systems shall be simple, streamlined, and affordable for customers; and

(d) Utilities shall not require the installation of customer-sited meters in addition to a single net energy meter for the purposes of monitoring energy storage systems; except that the commission may authorize the requirement of metering for certain large energy storage systems, as determined by the commission.

(a) The principles of net metering as described in section 40-2-124; or

(b) Any existing electrical permit requirements or any licensing or certification requirements for installers, manufacturers, or equipment.