{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-40-43-102","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 40-43-102","heading":"Legislative declaration.","body":"(1) The general assembly finds that:\n\n(a) Maintaining electric reliability and resource adequacy in the transition to clean energy is of great importance to Colorado and its electricity customers;\n\n(b) The development of a comprehensive resource adequacy reporting structure for all wholesale and retail load-serving entities will help position Colorado utilities for entry into an optimal organized wholesale market, as defined in section 40-5-108 (1)(a), that will increase the efficient and cost-effective use of capacity resources and enable resource adequacy across a broader footprint throughout the state;\n\n(c) The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has identified resource adequacy and energy risks in the western interconnection of the electric power grid; and\n\n(d) Colorado can begin to address these risks by adding resource adequacy reporting requirements for all load-serving entities to help measure the sufficiency of reliable and resilient electric service to all Colorado electricity customers.\n\n(2) The general assembly declares that all load-serving entities in the state should be required to provide resource adequacy annual reports to the applicable regulatory oversight entity.","path":["Title 40 - UTILITIES","Article 43 - Electric Resource Adequacy"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-40.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"fbe26374330f603a3f1391021434a442dd2e1f5e722b418de28aebe0a86f0959","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-40-43-101","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-40-43-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}