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Colorado has legalised plug-in solar devices and permitted the use of meter collar adapters for customer-sited distributed energy resources.

Signed into law by governor Janet Mills on 6 April 2026, LD 1730 allows the installation of plug-in systems of up to 1,200 watts.

In November, the Colorado PUC ordered utility Xcel Energy to provide higher-quality information, and introduce flexible tariffs.

Xcel Energy will have to provide higher-quality data, and introduce flexible tariffs, following a vote from the Colorado PUC.

IPP ContourGlobal has closed its first renewable energy project financing in the US, as it continues to expand its presence in the country.

Cypress Creek Renewables has achieved financial close on its 75MW Sundance solar-plus-storage project in Elbert County, Colorado.

During a week of major US clean energy developments, ContourGlobal, PSE, Arevon, and Ameren Missouri advanced solar projects across four states in the US.

Noria has started construction on a 50kW floating PV pilot project, which includes the first trackers on a floating solar project in the US.

Adapture Renewables has acquired a 110MW solar-plus-storage project from Samsung C&T Renewables in Colorado.

US renewable project developer Deriva Energy has commissioned its 140MW Spanish Peaks Solar portfolio in the US state of Colorado.