2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 29 - GOVERNMENT - LOCAL (§§ 29-1-101 — 29-37-210) › LAND USE CONTROL AND CONSERVATION (§§ 29-20-101 — 29-21-102) › Article 20 - Local Government Regulation of Land Use (§§ 29-20-101 — 29-20-405) › Part 4 - RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS (§§ 29-20-401 — 29-20-405) › Section 29-20-403 - Definitions

As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Brunot Agreement" means the agreement of September 13, 1873, ratified by act of April 29, 1874, ch. 136, 18 Stat. 36 (1874).
(2)
"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".
(3)
"Colorado energy office" or "office" means the Colorado energy office created in section 24-38.5-101.
(4)
"Commercial energy storage facility" means commercially available technology that is capable of retaining energy, storing the energy for a period of time, and delivering the energy after storage by chemical means.
(5)
"Commercial energy transmission facility" means all structures, equipment, and real property necessary to transfer electricity at system bulk supply voltage of one hundred kilovolts or more.
(6)
"Commercial solar energy facility" means any device or assembly of devices that:
(a)
Is ground installed;
(b)
Has at least five megawatts alternating current of total nameplate generating capacity; and
(c)
Uses solar energy to generate electricity for the primary purpose of wholesale or retail sale and not primarily for consumption on the property on which the device or devices reside.
(7)
"Commercial wind energy facility" means a wind energy conversion facility with a total nameplate generating capacity of one-half megawatt or greater.
(8)
"Division of parks and wildlife" or "division" means the division of parks and wildlife created in section 33-9-104.
(9)
"Energy and carbon management commission" means the energy and carbon management commission created in section 34-60-104.3.
(10)
"Facility" means:
(a)
A commercial wind energy facility;
(b)
A commercial solar energy facility; or
(c)
A commercial energy storage facility.
(11)
"Facility owner" means:
(a)
A person with a direct ownership interest in a facility, regardless of whether the person is involved in acquiring rights and permits for the facility or otherwise planning for the construction and operation of the Facility; or
(b)
During the time a facility is being developed, a person that is acting as a developer of the facility by acquiring necessary rights, permits, and approvals or by planning for the construction and operation of the facility, regardless of whether the person will own or operate the facility.
(12)
"High-priority habitat" has the meaning set forth in section 34-60-132.
(13)
"Labor organization" means a bona fide labor organization within the meaning of 29 U.S.C. sec. 152 of the federal "National Labor Relations Act", Pub.L. 74-198, that represents or seeks to represent workers engaged in the construction, operations, and maintenance of covered renewable energy projects or working in the supply chain for such projects.
(14)
"Local government" means a municipal or county government of a community in which a renewable energy project is proposed to be located.
(15)
"Renewable energy project" or "project" means a project to establish a facility.
(16)
"Tribal government" means the tribal government of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe or the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.
Added by 2024 Ch. 214,§ 1, eff. 5/21/2024.