{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-29-20-501","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 29-20-501","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) \"Brownfield site\" has the meaning set forth in section 30-31-103 (3).\n\n(2) \"Brunot agreement\" means the agreement of September 13, 1873, ratified by act of April 29, 1874, ch. 136, 18 Stat. 36 (1874).\n\n(3) \"Brunot area\" means the land relinquished and conveyed by the confederated bands of the Ute nation to the United States in the Brunot agreement and upon which the United States agreed to permit the Ute Indians to hunt \"so long as the game lasts and the Indians are at peace with the white people.\"\n\n(4) \"Closed landfill\" has the meaning set forth in section 30-20-124 (1)(c).\n\n(5) \"Developer\" means a person responsible for developing an eligible project.\n\n(6) \"Eligible project\" means undertakings and activities related to the development of renewable energy or energy storage system infrastructure, which undertakings and activities are related to an eligible site and may include acquisition of land and other property; demolition and removal of buildings and improvements; site preparation, cleanup, and remediation; and installation of renewable energy or energy storage system infrastructure.\n\n(7) \"Eligible site\" means:\n\n(a) A brownfield site;\n\n(b) Mining operation affected land and mining operation affected land for which the life of the mine has been terminated;\n\n(c) A closed landfill;\n\n(d) Land affected by an oil and gas operation for which all oil and gas infrastructure has been decommissioned and the site is eligible for final reclamation, as determined by the director of the energy and carbon management commission under the \"Energy and Carbon Management Act\", article 60 of title 34; or\n\n(e) Land that is:\n\n(I) Designated by the United States environmental protection agency under the federal \"Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980\", 42 U.S.C. sec. 9601 et seq.;\n\n(II) Designated by the United States environmental protection agency under the corrective action program of the federal \"Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976\", 42 U.S.C. sec. 6901 et seq.; or\n\n(III) Regulated by the department of public health and environment under the \"Voluntary Clean-up and Redevelopment Act\", part 3 of article 16 of title 25.\n\n(8) \"Energy storage system\" has the meaning set forth in section 40-2-130 (2)(a).\n\n(9) \"Life of the mine\":\n\n(a) With respect to a mining operation for the extraction of minerals, has the meaning set forth in section 34-32-103 (6); or\n\n(b) With respect to a mining operation for the extraction of construction materials, has the meaning set forth in section 34-32.5-103 (11).\n\n(10) \"Local government\" means a statutory or home rule city, town, county, or city and county.\n\n(11) \"Local permitting entity\" means the governing body of a local government or an agency of a local government with permitting authority over land uses.\n\n(12) \"Mining operation affected land and mining operation affected land for which the life of the mine has been terminated\":\n\n(a) With respect to a mining operation for the extraction of minerals, has the same meaning as \"affected land\" as defined in section 34-32-103 (1.5); or\n\n(b) With respect to a mining operation for the extraction of construction materials, has the same meaning as \"affected land\" as defined in section 34-32.5-103 (1).\n\n(13) (a) \"Renewable energy\" means useful electric, thermal, or mechanical energy:\n\n(I) That is:\n\n(A) Converted directly or indirectly from resources of continuous energy flow; or\n\n(B) Perpetually replenished; and\n\n(II) The utilization of which is sustainable indefinitely.\n\n(b) \"Renewable energy\" includes solar, wind, and geothermal energy.\n\n(14) \"Renewable energy reinvestment area\" means one or more eligible sites that a local permitting entity designates as an appropriate location for the siting of eligible projects and for which costs associated with a project may be financed or reimbursed through tax increment revenue pursuant to section 30-31-109 or 31-25-107.\n\n(15) (a) \"Utility\" means an electric utility in the state.\n\n(b) \"Utility\" includes:\n\n(I) An investor-owned electric utility;\n\n(II) A cooperative electric association formed pursuant to article 9.5 of title 40;\n\n(III) A municipally owned utility; and\n\n(IV) A wholesale electric cooperative as defined in section 40-2-136 (3)(c).","path":["Title 29 - GOVERNMENT - LOCAL","Article 20 - Local Government Regulation of Land Use","Part 5 - SITING OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-29.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"3da20f81a03de3e5baabf324d8debcdf4ec6af2f8a44a49a3d88c525ca69b8b1","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-29-20-405","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-29-20-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}