Clean Energy Development Authority

Colorado has an interest and role in ensuring that renewable energy and transmission projects in Colorado progress in a timely manner. The Clean Energy Development Authority (CEDA) was established by the legislature in 2007 to help facilitate this development. GEO’s Director, Tom Plant, is the Chair of the Authority.

Authority Board Members

• Chairman: Tom Plant, Director, Governor’s Energy Office
  
• Vice Chairman: Don Elliman, Director of Economic Development
  
• Secretary: Sam Weaver, appointed by the President of the Senate
  
• Cary Kennedy, State Treasurer
  
• John Stulp, Commissioner of Agriculture
  
• Lee White, appointed by the Governor
  
• Jeffrey Nathanson, appointed by the Speaker of the House
  
• Lola Spradley, appointed by the Minority Leader of the House
  
• Joel Bladow, appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate
  
  

Next Meeting:
Thursday, September 18, 2008, 2 p.m., 1580 Logan Street, Sixth Floor Conference Room
Contact Morey Wolfson at Morey.Wolfson@state.co.us to be added to the CEDA distribution list.

Past Meeting Materials:

Thursday July 24, 2008
Agenda ( 344 KB)
Presentations:

• Western Developments and Ideas on CEDA's Role ( 245 KB)
  Presented by Doug Larson of the Western Interstate Energy Board

Wednesday April 23, 2008
Agenda ( 33 KB)
Minutes ( 29 KB)
Presentations:

• SLV Electric System Improvement Project ( 390 KB)
• Briefing on the Colorado Coordinated Planning Group ( 821 KB)
  Presented by Morey Wolfson - The Governor's Energy Office
• Public Service Update SB 100 & Energy Dockets ( 200 KB)
• High Plains Express Initiative ( 184 KB)
  Presented by Jerry Vaninetti - Trans-Elect Development Company, LLC
• Update on Renewable Energy and Transmission Policies in the West ( 237 KB)
  Presented by Thomas Carr - Western Interstate Energy Board
• Wyoming-Colorado Intertie Project Update ( 279 KB)
  Presented by Jerry Vaninetti - Trans-Elect Development Company, LLC
  
  

February 11, 2008
Agenda ( 30 KB)
Presentations:

• Transmission Project Update ( 451 KB)
  Presented by Jerry Vaninetti - Colorado Trans-Elect Development Company, LLC
• Colorado Coordinated Planning Group’s Long Range Transmission Planning Group
  ( 877 KB)
  Presented by Morey Wolfson - The Governor's Energy Office
  

December 18, 2007
Agenda ( 38 KB)
Presentations:

• Eastern Plains Transmission Project ( 921 KB)
  Presented by Joel Bladow - Tri-State G&T
• Western Grid Developments ( 511 KB)
  Presented by Doug Larson - Western Interstate Energy Board
• A Summary of the SB91 Task Force Report ( 3,365 KB)
  Presented by Morey Wolfson - The Governor's Energy Office
• Enabling Renewables via Transmission ( 999 KB)
  Presented by Jerry Vaninetti - Colorado Trans-Elect Development Company, LLC

November 1, 2007
Agenda ( 36 KB)
Minutes ( 50 KB)
Presentations:

• Transmission Overview ( 884 KB)
  Presented by Doug Larson - Western Interstate Energy Board
  
• Presentation to Colorado Clean Energy Authority ( 60 KB)
  Presented by James K. Tarpey - Holland & Hart, LLP
• Enabling Renewables via Transmission WCI & HPX Examples ( 999 KB)
  Presented by Jerry Vaninetti - Colorado Trans-Elect Development Company, LLC
• Eastern Plains Transmission Project ( 711 KB)
  Presented by Joel Bladow - Tri-State G&T
• The SB91 Task Force on Renewable Resource Generation Development Areas
  ( 1170 KB) Presented by Morey Wolfson - The Governor's Energy Office